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RE: FS layout issues for v1.1 (eg., /bin and /usr/bin)
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: RE: FS layout issues for v1.1 (eg., /bin and /usr/bin)
- From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker at butlermfg dot org>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:28:07 -0600
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Spell [mailto:glenn@gs.fay.nc.us]
<snip>
> Seems to me that the bootstrapping and build process could remain
> the same except for one final step of moving or copying a few agreed
> upon executables from /usr/bin to /bin. I'm thinking that if we copy
> instead of move then then the mount/symlinks issues will be simpler.
<snip>
With the usual caveat of complicating updating to new versions of these
files. (Not saying one is worse than the other, merely a trade off.)