I updated cygwin today and got to enjoy the fun of my shell no longer working. Fortunately for my backside, I did search the mailing list archive and found the answer required either setting a shopt or modifying some CR/LF to just LF. No big deal.
The big deal, in my eyes, is that the one of the files that I had to fix was /etc/profile. The timestamp on this file (prior to my fix) was May 11, 2004 -- that would be the day I first installed cygwin on this computer. I have not modified this from the original version. Wouldn't it make sense that the default /etc/profile would work out-of-the-box with the default bash installation? Doug p.s. A few quick helpful tips for people who are looking to fix their own /etc/profile (and other files): * The "file" command includes in its output "CRLF line terminators" for files that have that * "d2c /etc/profile" will quickly change the line endings in place. Replace with other file names to fix those. * Don't forget to check .bash_profile, .bashrc, etc cd; file .bash* | grep "CRLF line terminators" -- 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/
