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Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc
- From: cyg Simple <cygsimple at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:05:29 -0500
- Subject: Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc
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On 1/22/2016 2:13 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> David Lee <mailtolky <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> Sorry not sure what you mean.
>
> What I mean is this: are all the Windows versions that Cygwin supports
> looking for the hosts and other files in
>
> %windir%\system32\drivers\etc
>
Yes.
> or are there some versions, situations or configurations where it looks for
> those files in a different place?
>
I've not seen any plans to change it.
> That the postinstall for base-files has worked until 2.4.0 seems to indicate
> that the place is always the same, but the absence of a bug report is not
> the same as positive confirmation.
>
I haven't tried that version as yet.
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