On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:43:42PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: > > > >> What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide > >> basis in Cygwin? > >> > > First off, I'm curious about how do you start the bash shell. I ask > > because you don't seem to have PS1 set correctly, and that should be > > automated by startup-scripts. > > I didn't change anything. This is rather new installation of Cygwin. > > I have seen some postinstall script failures on a few packages but would > these be modifying the system-wide PATH variable? > > I have not changed anything about PATH anywhere. > > > The PATH variable in cygwin is exported from your /etc/profile > > file, which contains a line that sets cygwin's path with higher > > precedence over the PATH inherited from windows. > > Yep, I see it. So why isn't it working? > > >> Is there some guiding document about setting PATH system-wide to better > >> support scripts from Linux? > > > > Yes. The info you need is in the bash manpage, INVOCATION section. > > bash-4.1$ man bash > (END) > > No man pages. > How do you get the man page generated? > And here's the tail end of /var/log/setup.log.full: > > 2011/02/06 12:01:40 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc > --noprofile /etc/post > install/coreutils.sh > 2011/02/06 12:01:41 abnormal exit: exit code=128 > 2011/02/06 12:01:41 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc > --noprofile /etc/post > install/bash.sh > 2011/02/06 12:01:41 abnormal exit: exit code=128 > 2011/02/06 12:01:41 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc > --noprofile /etc/post > install/update-info-dir.sh > 2011/02/06 12:02:24 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc > --noprofile /etc/post > install/libglade2.0.sh > could not open /etc/xml/catalog for saving > add command failed > 2011/02/06 12:02:25 abnormal exit: exit code=2 > 2011/02/06 12:02:25 Changing gid to Administrators > 2011/02/06 12:03:00 note: Installation Complete > 2011/02/06 12:03:00 Ending cygwin install > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Well. At this point I'd need you to follow the indications from the link above, and attach the ouput from: cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out to your next post. Some extra info I'd need to know: How do you start the shell? As I said, a normal startup should read /etc/profile ans set/export your PATH correctly. By "normal" startup, I mean a way of calling the shell that tells it you are login into cygwin, and therefore, the startup scripts are called, e.g. starting mintty (which in turn executes bash --login) is such a way. Also, having postinstallation errors from bash and coreutils isn't a good thing. I'd try reinstalling both. -- Huella de clave primaria: 0FDA C36F F110 54F4 D42B D0EB 617D 396C 448B 31EB
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