Re: Boostrap error

[Stefan Monnier]

> In cygwin you can change the prefix, it can be changed to any string.
> The patch only handles the default /cygdrive.  I use /cyg myself.
> Also, only single letter mounts that corresponds to DOS drives are handeled
> (i.e. /d/src <=> d:/src).  But cygwin lets you mount paths anywhere and
> multiple times.  I mount d:/src under /usr/src, so these three paths go to
> the same directory:
>    /cyg/d/src
>    /d/src
>    /usr/src

> The possibilites are endless, so a simple regexp can not capture this in the
> general case.

cygwin-mount.el (or cygwin32-mount.el whichever is more recent) handles all
of that.


        Stefan