On 02/06/2011 07:36 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/06/2011 07:33 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > >> On 02/06/2011 06:23 PM, David Sastre wrote: >> >> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> In response to both David and Csaba: >> >> Yes, there are both .bash_profile and .bashrc and both of them are same >> as the defaults. >> >> I'm attaching the cygcheck.out file. >> >> Today when I installed postgresql I noticed that bash got upgraded to >> 4.1 and that there were some package postinstall failures like coreutils >> and bash. >> >> >> Regards, >> Gerry >> >> >> >> > You'll notice that I corrected the PATH as shown in cygcheck.out. > > I did this by editing /etc/bash.bashrc and setting the PATH variable. > > >
BTW, I start the Cygwin Bash shell from the desktop icon. Regards, Gerry -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
