On Dec 29 16:27, Karl M wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:10:47 +0100 > > From: corinna-cygwin > > Subject: Re: "mount -a" has no effect on the cygdrive prefix > > > > On Dec 23 08:32, Karl M wrote: > >> Hi All... > >> > >> With the last 1.7.0 version and with a clean 1.7.1 install on an XP Pro > >> SP3 machine, > >> if I edit my fstab to change my cygdrive prefix and then do a "mount -a", > >> my mounts > >> as shown by the mount command or catting mtab are not updated. I only > >> tried it with > >> the cygdrive prefix, not with other mounts. > > > > The cygdrive prefix is explicitely ignored when calling mount -a. > > The problem is, I'm not sure anymore *why* I did it that way. > > I added it to my TODO list, at least to figure out the reason... > > > > > > Thanks, > > Corinna > > > Hi Corinna... > > Did you figure out the reason?
I know the reason, I just don't work on it yet. It's on the TODO list for the new year. > When you look at it, could you remove the inconsistant posix=0 from mount and > mount -m > output for the prefix where posix=0 is the default. No, I don't think so. posix=1 is the generic default, posix=0 gets noted explicitely. That should be kept for consistency. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
