Re: A feature proposal for CygWin

Hi,
Il 01.25 10/07/2001 Robert Collins ha scritto:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chemolli Francesco (USI)" <ChemolliF@GruppoCredit.it>
>To: "'Guido Serassio'" <serassio@libero.it>; "Robert Collins"
><robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
>Cc: <squid-dev@squid-cache.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:59 AM
>Subject: RE: A feature proposal for CygWin
>
>
> > > Hi Robert,
> > >
> > > What is your opinion about to add the following feature to
> > > Squid CygWin:
> > >
> > > In tools.c, add in the parseEtcHosts function the capability to read
> > > automatically the hosts file from
> > > %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc or
> > > %windir% ?
> >
> > Sure, it's a simple autoconf thing, I think.
>
>Probably shouldn't be done - in cygwin the usual practice is to symlink
>/etc/hosts to the appropriate location - so that unix progras run
>seamlessly. It's only win32 native ports that will then need to know about
>the win32 locations, and I don't think a truely native 9x port is _ever_ on
>the cards :}.
>
>Rob

OK, so I think that a good thing can be, if /etc/hosts is not found, to try
to load hosts from the Windows/Winnt native directory.

Guido

> >
> > --
> > /kinkie
> >

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Received on Tue Jul 10 2001 - 14:07:22 MDT