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Re: Bash fails to source .bashrc after upgrade to cygwin 1.3.6-1
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: Eric Hanchrow <offby1 at blarg dot net>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 16:31:33 -0500
- Subject: Re: Bash fails to source .bashrc after upgrade to cygwin 1.3.6-1
At 04:10 PM 12/3/2001, Eric Hanchrow wrote:
>I upgraded my system to cygwin 1.3.6-1. (I shut down all running
>Cygwin apps first). Then, when I started bash, instead of grinding
>away for a few seconds (processing my .bashrc, which is big), it
>immediately printed
>
> bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
> bash-2.05a$
>
>I typed `mount', but it complained that there was no program named
>`mount'. The PATH variable looked OK, so perhaps it had failed to
>properly mount its directories.
>
>I re-ran setup, and reverted to the previous version (1.3.5), and now
>everything works fine.
>
>What's odd is that I was able to do a clean install of 1.3.6-1, from
>the same binaries, onto a different machine, and that worked fine.
>
>What should I do to investigate?
A good start would be to review the mail archives for today where this
subject has already been discussed at least twice (reviewing the mail
archives for an issue is *always* a good idea).
Anyone that would like to investigate this issue and provide a patch
for the case where "/" is the cygdrive prefix is more than welcome to
do so.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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