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diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 6234ee8f4..313aef37b 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -211,6 +211,26 @@ 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>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="cygdrive"><title>The cygdrive path prefix</title> |