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RE: Missing /bin/sh link


>David Picton wrote:
>> I'd like to know whether other people have seen this problem.  I did
a
>> new installation on a C disk and found that files were missing. 
The
>> cause was a missing link - no /bin/sh. I did 'ln -s ash.exe sh.exe'
and
>> reinstalled the packages, and all was well.


> sh is meant to be bash these days.  Check in /etc/postinstall and see
if 
> it has 00bash.sh or 00bash.sh.done, and in either case, remove the
link > and (re-)run the script.  (Make sure no other cygwin processes or

> services are running except for the one bash shell you're using to 
> do this).

This worked - thanks!  It's all very mysterious, though.  00ash.sh.done
and 00bash.sh.done are both there, and work OK when called from a
cygwin session - but they seem not to have worked during the install.  
Could the cause be a problem with cygcheck?


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