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Re: dash but no ash; mkpasswd/mkgroup problem; rebasing
- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:16:41 -0400
- Subject: Re: dash but no ash; mkpasswd/mkgroup problem; rebasing
- References: <4AE70118.7060101@cs.umass.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On 10/27/2009 10:18 AM, Eliot Moss wrote:
Warning: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\bash.exe hides C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
This could have been your problem. Postinstall scripts run under bash.
If your local version wasn't up to the task for some reason, postinstall
scripts would fail and your installation would be incomplete. Just a WAG.
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