Re: FIXED: GCC can't find its header directoriescy

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Apr 11 09:49, Csaba Raduly wrote:
> Hi Duncan,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Duncan Roe wrote:
> > Thanks Dave - removing the old cygwin dlls from C:\WINDOWS fixed gcc &
> > alternatives.
> > I put them there because I like to have the odd cygwin utility available
> > to CMD.EXE.
> >
> > May put them back - but will take more care with them in future,
> 
> Adding c:\cygwn\bin to the Windows PATH might be a better solution;
> that's what I did.

And, just for kicks, moving the Cygwin DLL does not work as expected.
The files under /etc are searched relative to the path of the Cygwin
DLL, which is supposed to be in /bin.  If it's not there, it will search
the etc files in ..\\etc from it's new position.  Confusion ensues.


Corinna

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