Re: trouble with bash / if in recent release / update ?

2007-01-30 Thread Daniel Brockman
Eric Blake byu.net> writes: > > According to Daniel Brockman on 1/30/2007 12:18 AM: > > A blank line in the script file produces err msg Eric, I am glad there are people like you, knowledgable and deeply interested. Clearly you have given much thought to the consistency an

Re: Newly-installed bash 3.2.9-10 (cygwin 1.5.24-1) exits when I try to execute a program

2007-01-29 Thread Daniel Brockman
Glenn Serre spiresoftware.com> writes: > > Good morning, > > I installed a new version of cygwin yesterday, and find that bash starts up and > builtins seem to execute, but when I try the first command, cygwin exits > silently. > [...] > Any hints? Should I wait until I can try 3.2.9-11 from

Re: trouble with bash / if in recent release / update ?

2007-01-29 Thread Daniel Brockman
Tim Hanson faz.de> writes: > [...] > i'd be grateful for pointers. (or advice on how to provide more clues.) > > cheers, > > Tim > > I found this in the archive... From: Eric Blake byu.net> Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: bash-3.2.9-11 Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin Date: 2007-01-27 16:30:22

Re: trouble with bash / if in recent release / update ?

2007-01-29 Thread Daniel Brockman
Tim Hanson faz.de> writes: > > hi, a colleague and i recently tried upgrading an existing cygwin and found that > basic bash script features broke. > [...] > > does this ring a bell for anyone? > > i'd be grateful for pointers. (or advice on how to provide more clues.) > > cheers, > > Ti