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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-07-05 03:00:31 +0400 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-07-05 03:00:31 +0400 |
| commit | d3f28809031a191db0cb682625ef1df3f7ad7609 (patch) | |
| tree | 276211a271f3f63005f8fc10c6bbf0ad0727c5c0 | |
| parent | a43d0f3e0760ca18d9ba76d8328ce267072b4b23 (diff) | |
Add caveat that contents list is always out of date.
Remove entry "Setup screwed up my mounts!"
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/install.texinfo | 32 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo index 61fd49ba9..202db8e66 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ wget which xpm xpm-nox zip zlib @end example +(This list is almost certainly out of date as new packages are added.) + Full source code is available for all packages and tools. There is one recommended way to install Cygwin, which is to use the GUI @@ -173,36 +175,6 @@ without spaces. /etc/passwd, you may need to make corresponding changes there. See the README file for that package.) -@subsection Setup screwed up my mounts! - -Setup will remove the following mounts, should you have them: - -@example - / - /usr - /usr/bin - /usr/lib - /var - /lib - /bin - /etc -@end example - -It will then restore (or create new) mounts for /, /usr/bin and /usr/lib -as follows (assuming the default install root C:\cygwin): - -@example - Device Directory - C:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin - C:\cygwin\lib /usr/lib - C:\cygwin / -@end example - -Since setup is not a Cygwin program, it cannot know about your mounts -(or symlinks, for that matter), and so must impose and enforce this -structure. You should not try to defeat it, unless you know what you -are doing and can deal with the consequences. - @subsection How do I uninstall Cygwin? Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. Just delete everything |