From 1391f2b2543bcbedd43a44778dbd266c9e7a92e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 10:55:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.upgrade-mountpoints): Remove. * pathnames.xml (pathnames-mount-ex): Remove note about 1.5->1.7 registry mount point updates. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++ winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 17 ----------------- winsup/doc/pathnames.xml | 21 --------------------- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 2fb5ea7a4..b256125f2 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2014-12-07 Corinna Vinschen + + * faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.upgrade-mountpoints): Remove. + * pathnames.xml (pathnames-mount-ex): Remove note about 1.5->1.7 + registry mount point updates. + +2014-12-06 Corinna Vinschen + 2014-12-06 Corinna Vinschen * posix.xml (std-solaris): Point to libtirpc for xdr functions. diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml index b8ec06195..4aa94edfb 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml @@ -156,23 +156,6 @@ and that installing the older version will not help improve Cygwin. - -After upgrading from Cygwin 1.5 to Cygwin 1.7 my user mount points disappeared! How can I get them back? - - - -When you upgrade an existing older Cygwin installation to Cygwin 1.7, your old -system mount points (stored in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch of your registry) -are read by a script and the /etc/fstab file is generated from these entries. -No such automatism exists for the user mount points formerly stored in the -HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch of the registry. There's a bash script for your -convenience, which creates a user-specific /etc/fstab/${USER} file for you, -called /bin/copy-user-registry-fstab. For more information on the new fstab -files see the User's Guide at -http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table - - - Is Cygwin Setup, or one of the packages, infected with a virus? diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml index 412c98f43..00eb133e7 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml @@ -256,27 +256,6 @@ points will disappear as soon as your last Cygwin process ends. See and for more information. - -When you upgrade an existing older Cygwin installation to Cygwin 1.7, -your old system mount points (stored in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch -of your registry) are read by a script and the /etc/fstab -file is generated from these entries. Note that entries for -/, /usr/bin, and -/usr/lib are never -generated. - - - -The old user mount points in your HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch of the registry -are not used to generate /etc/fstab. If you want -to create a user specific /etc/fstab.d/${USER} file -from your old entries, there's a script available which does exactly -that for you, /bin/copy-user-registry-fstab. Just -start the script and it will create your user specific fstab file. Stop -all your Cygwin processes and restart them, and you can simply use your -old user mount points as before. - - UNC paths