On Aug 26 18:23, Christian Franke wrote: > Traditionally setup.exe creates the /cygwin.bat file as follows if C:\cygwin > is the install directory: > ----- > @echo off > > C: > chdir C:\cygwin\bin > > bash --login -i > ----- > > > The following should work since WinXP regardless of install directory: > ----- > @echo off > > cd /d %~dp0 > if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 > cd bin > if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1 > > bash --login -i > ----- > > I would suggest to add something like the above as > "/etc/defaults/cygwin.bat" to base-files package. The postinstall script > should copy it to "/cygwin.bat" if new. The creation of this file could > later be removed from setup.exe.
Apart from the complexity discussion, which is largly irrelevant, I like the idea of moving this functionality out of setup and into a postinstall script. Please send patches. I'm sure Achim will thoughtfully consider them. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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