On Fri, May 8, 2009 10:32 am, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Hi John, > > On May 6 16:33, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On May 6 14:54, John Morrison wrote: >> > On Wed, May 6, 2009 2:25 pm, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> > > I just uploaded a new Cygwin 1.7 test release, 1.7.0-47. >> > > >> > > What's new in contrast to 1.7.0-46 >> > > =================================== >> > > >> > > - Never use HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH to construct a default home directory >> for >> > > the current user. The mechanism to evaluate the pathname is now: >> > > >> > > - If $HOME is already set in the envirnment, use it. >> > > - Otherwise, if /etc/passwd contains a non-empty homedir for the >> > > current user, use it. >> > > - Otherwise, default to /home/<USERNAME>. >> > > >> > > This circumvents a few installation problems and decouples the >> Cygwin >> > > homedir by default from the Windows profile directory, which >> > > especially starting with Vista results in performance problems due >> to >> > > the new Explorer behaviour concerning "shared" files. If you want >> to >> > > use the Windows profile dir as home dir, set $HOME or tweak your >> > > /etc/passwd entry accordingly. >> > >> > I'll change /etc/profile to reflect the above text. >> > >> > Could this result in situations where the skel files arn't copied? >> >> Yes, that was one of the reasons I changed it. The old way to eval the >> user's HOME dir could result in the skel files not being created because >> the HOME directory already existed. The non-existance of HOME triggers >> writing the skel files. Now the skel files typically are created >> because /home/$USER doesn't exist when bash is started the first time. > > after a short discussion on cygwin-developers starting here > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2009-05/msg00001.html > I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to default directly to / > if the user's home dir can't be created or accessed. It would > also just simplify /etc/profile: > > --- profile.ORIG 2009-05-08 11:28:55.456869200 +0200 > +++ profile 2009-05-08 11:31:41.174558600 +0200 > @@ -64,12 +64,7 @@ if [ ! -d "${HOME}" ]; then > done > else > echo "${HOME} could not be created." > - > - { [ -d "${TEMP}" ] && HOME="${TEMP}"; } || > - { [ -d "${TMP}" ] && HOME="${TMP}"; } || > - { [ -d /tmp ] && HOME=/tmp; } || > - HOME=/ > - > + HOME=/ > echo "Setting HOME to ${HOME}." > fi > fi
OK, I'll also move the umask setting above the creation of home (there was comment in the thread). I don't follow the -developer list. Would it be worth me subscribing? J. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
