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Re: [HEADSUP] Let's start a Cygwin 1.7 release area
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 04:06:56PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Apr 4 09:55, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> >> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> > Btw., since setup.exe (or the subsequent script) can and will
> >> > always create an /etc/fstab file, doesn't that mean we can get rid
> >> > of the choices "all users" and "just me"? The only difference
> >> > between these two choices is in which registry area the mount
> >> > points go. So there's no reason to stick to that choice.
> >>
> >> Yes, that makes sense.
> >>
> >> > And while we're at it, I don't see any need to stick to the
> >> > UNIX/DOS choice either. We should always install binary mount
> >> > points. If the user needs text mounts, there's an editor and a
> >> > fstab file, right?
> >>
> >> Ah, but which mode will you edit it in? :-)
> >
> >Doesn't matter. The code reading fstab understands LF and CRLF line
> >endings :)
>
> Maybe we should warn if fstab has CRLF endings. Just to be nice.
Us, nice?
Maybe we could produce something mean, like: "Your fstab has CR characters
in it. We'll let you off easy this time, but don't expect your mounts to
work if you persist in this antisocial behavior".
Igor
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