Since the current maintainer David Le Sastre Medina seems to have gone missing, here's my attempt to wrap up the changes that were implemented after the 4.1-2 package was published as experimental (and then never released). The pertinent discussions on the Cygwin ML are listed in the ChangeLog.
Change Log ---------- 4.1-3 * Eliminate Windows PATH from default PATH if CYGWIN_NOWINPATH is set. Record the Windows PATH in ORIGINAL_PATH unless that variable is already set. * Better guard for non-existent /etc/skel. * Improve profile_d function. cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-08/msg00488.html * Add /etc/shells. cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-03/msg00039.html * Use full path for tools and avoid DOS file warning when creating service files. cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-07/msg00114.html Git repository (originally cloned from GitHub): http://repo.or.cz/w/cygwin-base-files.git Test package: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- wget="wget -rxnH --cut-dirs=2 http://cygwin.stromeko.net/noarch/release" ${wget}/base-files/base-files/base-files-4.1-3.tar.xz --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada