On 12. 11. 2015 18:14, Daniel Goldman wrote: > A few weeks ago, I asked a similar question on the Discussion, and never > got a clear answer. I didn't like the huge number of Windows paths in > the msys2 PATH. So I did an experiment. I added a line at the top of > /etc/profile to clear PATH before it gets built, so none of the Windows > paths included: > > PATH= > > I've been using this since with no apparent problems (at least no > problems due to missing Windows paths). > > If one accepts the wiki at face value, I assume there must be some bad > effect of omitting all Windows paths, though never spelled out, so it > seems a better approach might be to say at top of /etc/profile: > > PATH=C:\\Windows\\system32 > > To help me and others better understand this issue, can anyone explain > what kinds of things fail if windows paths are not in msys2 PATH?
I couldn't find anything (nor I remember hearing) about Cygwin or MSYS being affectd by removing Windows system directories from PATH. Native Windows (or mingw) stuff is another topic though, but I still can't point you to anything specific. I remember one related problem: <https://github.com/elieux/MSYS2-packages/commit/9200524dc8aaf29e1a52b87f86a27f1b31186824> -- David Macek
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