Hello,
Regarding to the fstab format, I don't know if it is supported, but it
would be nice to support Environment Variables.
For example, Instead of:
C:/Users /desktop
Use:
%USERPROFILE% /desktop
It is only a suggestion/example.
Regards.
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>>> >> >> >> {
>>> >> >> >> - char sysname[20];
>>> >> >> >> + char sysname[21];
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > We can't do that. struct utsname is a publically facing structure.
>>> >> >> > If you change the size, you're breaking compatibility with existing
>>> >> >> > applications.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > You should better drop some character from the string you want to
>>> >> >> > enter
>>> >> >> > here.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I can't drop any symbol from "MINGW32" word :)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > That's not 20 chars long.
>>> >> >
>>> >> Yes. But not only this need to be in 20 symbols. On cygwin 20 symbols is:
>>> >>
>>> >> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64\0
>>> >>
>>> >> But
>>> >>
>>> >> MINGW32_NT-6.1-WOW64\0
>>> >>
>>> >> is 21 symbol.
>>> >
>>> > Then drop the dash between "NT" and "6.1". Or let's drop the WOW64
>>> > since it's redundant anyway, given the content of "machine".
>>> >
>>>
>>> Let's drop it!
>>
>>I'm ok with that, but I think we should drop the "32" from MINGW in
>>the first place.
>>
>>Does anybody rely on the "WOW64" in uname -s output? I just checked
>>the scripts in /bin in my installation and none of it seems to check
>>for that info.
>>
>>And then again, it *is* redundant, given the uname -m output...
>
> Can we back up a moment and discuss whether, regardless of string
> length, this is the right approach? This isn't what I'd envisioned
> when I said "hooks".
>
> Also can we please discuss this in the cygwin-developers and
> cygwin-patches mailing lists? That's what they are for.
>
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