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Re: egrep disappeared?


On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:37:19 +0100,  wrote:

>zzapper wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:17:02 +0100,  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>>Funny thing "which" finds egrep in /usr/bin /bin etc
>>>>they are also in my path.
>>>>
>>>>bash: /usr/bin/egrep: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>>>
>>>Well, there's your answer - it's /bin/sh which you have missing, not egrep.
>>>In Cygwin egrep is a shell script rather than a symlink.  I believe there
>>>was a window during the recent changeover of /bin/sh from ash to bash where
>>>the update could cause /bin/sh to be deleted.  Just copy /usr/bin/bash to
>>>/usr/bin/sh and all should be well.
>>>
>>>-- Cliff
>> 
>> 
>> Cliff,
>> thnx that solved it!!
>> 
>> Was it most likely just a glitch on my update?
>
>Yes - a short-lived bug in the postinstall scripts.  See:
>
>   http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg00224.html
>
>-- Cliff
I updated yesterday 11th July, so is just that the fix hadn't got to the mirrors?

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