hi again the problem is solved....
(blushing...) I rebooted my computer, and now everything works fine again.... thanks for your time;-/ On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:06:34 +0100, Lannoye Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried what you said, cleaned my PATH var (using control panel, ...) > but it doesn't work. > still the same problem > > I ran a new IExporer window, to make sure it takes the new path values. > > I could do a full uninstall of cygwin, and install a clean one, but > that looks so terrible;-( > > thks > > > On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:48:41 -0000, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Lannoye Xavier > > > Sent: 08 February 2005 14:50 > > > > > here you have the output for dir /w > > > its quite huge > > > > Directory of C:\oracle\ora90\Apache\Perl\5.00503\bin\mswin32-x86 > > > > [.] [..] a2p.exe perl.dll > > perl.exe perl5.00503.exe perl95.exe perlglob.exe > > 6 File(s) 987.136 bytes > > > > This is ActiveState perl, so I was wrong in my first guess. I'm still > > suspicious that it's the root cause of the trouble though; if any of the > > setup.exe post-install scripts rely on perl, they are liable to invoke > > active > > state perl instead of cygwin perl, and break when it fails to understand > > cygwin-style POSIX paths. > > > > > I've put the cygwin path in top of my PATH var. but still the > > > same problem > > > > Hmm, peculiar. May need some more thinking time over this. Precisely > > how did > > you set it? If you do it using the PATH command in a DOS prompt, that > > wouldn't > > affect a copy of setup.exe that you launched from explorer, you do need to > > set > > it in Start Menu / Settings / Control Panel / System / Advanced / > > Environment > > Variables. Try setting your PATH to nothing but these entries: > > > > C:\cygwin\bin > > C:\WINDOWS\system32 > > C:\WINDOWS > > C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem > > > > and see if that helps any. > > > > cheers, > > DaveK > > -- > > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
