On Jan 22 09:35, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:17:41AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jan 22 11:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> For the records:
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> The /etc/services symlink is just a convenience for the user. If you
> >> create a file in /etc instead, it won't be used by the OS. Never.
> >>
> >> Cygwin is using Winsock. Winsock uses the services file in
> >> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc on NT systems and in ${windir}
> >> on 9x systems.
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Can we have a FAQ entry for that, btw.?
>
> The symlink is supposed to be there to avoid just such a FAQ entry. If
> it is missing that's a bug which needs to be fixed.
Sure, but *if* the symlink is missing for some reason and somebody
thinks that a missing /etc/services is the reason that Cygwin crashes,
then the FAQ entry helps to avoid any further mail on this issue.
Well, on second thought...
Corinna
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