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RE: Why not mount / at C: ?
- To: <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: Why not mount / at C: ?
- From: Gregory Walker <gwalker at jump dot net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:55:32 -0500
- References: <200008241243.OAA00184@dphdse.saclay.cea.fr>
> > Anyway, the risk of confusion, that you mention, between packages
> > seems very low : it's very unlikely to find c:/bin, c:/lib,
> > c:/home ... in a pure Windows installation.
Though I am a Cygwin newbie, I have developed software for 20 years
on Unix, embedded processors, Vax/VMS, and currently on Windows.
From my experience, mounting Cygwin root at C: is to invite disaster.
The common Windows experience is to have the regsitry or DLL "pool"
corrupted by some rogue installation that "breaks" other programs.
Keeping Cygwin in a separate directory tree makes it a reliable,
self-contained subsystem.
My two-cents worth. :-)
Gregory Walker gwalker@jump.net
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