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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/pathnames.xml | 21 |
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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 <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * 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 <corinna@vinschen.de> + 2014-12-06 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> * 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. </para> </answer></qandaentry> -<qandaentry id="faq.setup.upgrade-mountpoints"> -<question><para>After upgrading from Cygwin 1.5 to Cygwin 1.7 my user mount points disappeared! How can I get them back?</para></question> -<answer> - -<para> -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/${USER} file for you, -called /bin/copy-user-registry-fstab. For more information on the new fstab -files see the User's Guide at -<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table">http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table</ulink> -</para> -</answer></qandaentry> - <qandaentry id="faq.setup.virus"> <question><para>Is Cygwin Setup, or one of the packages, infected with a virus?</para></question> <answer> diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml index 412c98f43..00eb133e7 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml @@ -256,27 +256,6 @@ points will disappear as soon as your last Cygwin process ends. See <xref linkend="mount"></xref> and <xref linkend="umount"></xref> for more information.</para> -<note><para> -When you upgrade an existing older Cygwin installation to Cygwin 1.7, -your old system mount points (stored in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch -of your registry) are read by a script and the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> -file is generated from these entries. Note that entries for -<filename>/</filename>, <filename>/usr/bin</filename>, and -<filename>/usr/lib</filename> are <emphasis role='bold'>never</emphasis> -generated. -</para> - -<para> -The old user mount points in your HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch of the registry -are not used to generate <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. If you want -to create a user specific <filename>/etc/fstab.d/${USER}</filename> file -from your old entries, there's a script available which does exactly -that for you, <filename>/bin/copy-user-registry-fstab</filename>. 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. -</para></note> - </sect2> <sect2 id="unc-paths"><title>UNC paths</title> |