ASSI writes: > Takashi Yano via Cygwin writes: >>> 1. Rename /usr/share/locale to something else, like local.bak. >>> 2. Start mintty in the usual way. >>> 3. Rename the directory from step 1 back to /usr/share/local. >>> 4. Work just like the problem never existed either in the shell running >>> inside the mintty or even start a new mintty. >> >> I guess renaming /usr/share/locale/locale.alias is enough. > > I've had some time to look into this problem again after having updated > Cygwin to the latest and greatest. Indeed, when > > /usr/share/locale/locale.alias > > gets renamed, the problem also goes away. This is great because I don't > really need the locale aliases for anything. Btw, my laptop got > upgraded to Win10 1909 (Enterprise) in the meantime, so the issue isn't > specific to 1803 as was supected earlier. > > I then tried to figure out what exactly causes the problem and it turns > out that it's the _presence_ of this file with the additional condition > that it must not be owned by the user starting the mintty/shell. Since > I install Cygwin on my work laptop with a different (admin) account and > not my (non-admin) user account, that explains why I am seeing the > problem there and not on other machines. Before you are going to > suggest that it's the admin vs. non-admin rights: no, if I create a > locale.alias with my user account (either as an empty file or a copy of > the backup file), then the admin account is unable to start a shell in > mintty successfully. I have no idea why the ownership of a file that > only should get read (and is readable by everyone) would have the > effect I'm seeing, but maybe that gives the clue on where to look for a > fix.
With the 3.1.2 test version of Cygwin these errors no longer occur (as well as a few others that I worked around with CYGWIN=disable_pcon as an intermediate measure). Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptations for Waldorf Q V3.00R3 and Q+ V3.54R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
