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Re: [patch] setup.exe changes for Redownload/Reinstall Current version or Sources only - Part 2
DJ Delorie wrote:
> / c:/cygwin
> /usr/src c:/cygwin/src
>
> Now, if we install cygwin in d:/cygwin, what do we do with the
> existing /usr/src mount? I claim we should replace it with
> d:/cygwin/src because it pointed to the old root. However, consider:
>
Okay, I didn't think of that scenario but now lets really compound this -
I am only updating my installation of bash and yet it asks me for the
root directory and I change it from as you said c:/cygwin to d:/cygwin -
are we saying that at this point that setup is going to go and move the
entire installation of cygwin from the c drive to the d drive. I think
that this is way beyond the bounds of what setup should be expected to do
and comes back to a little common sense on the part of the user.