On 16 Aug 2001 02:07:15 +0200, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> One minor thing:
>
> I don't like the way you open %SYSTEM%\hosts.txt
>
> a) When opening the system derived hosts file, you should NOT overwrite the
> configuration settings.
>
> b) And the system derived hosts file should NOT be read if the user has specified
> a path, even if that path fails.
That leaves a problem: How does the user specify "the default hosts file
for this machine".
none means don't try to read - which Guido honoured.
anything else is considered a path... perhaps we can add
default
as a value to that config option, and that means, use the default for
this platform?
> Personally I would prefer if this was solved by using a runtime default value for
> the host file on WIN32, not including cygwin where /etc/hosts is actually
in cygwin /etc/hosts is meant to be a symlink to %system%\hosts.txt. It
_may not be_, but thats the recommended setup.
Rob
> supposed to exist.. for cygwin my opinion is that it is better to include
> instructions on how cygwin should be set up for proper operation.
>
> --
> Henrik
>
>
Received on Wed Aug 15 2001 - 20:30:09 MDT
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