On Oct 19 21:18, Denis Excoffier wrote: > On 2009-10-19 11:36, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> Strange. I can't reproduce this: >> >> $ env - PATHOS=/dqd /usr/bin/date >> Mon Oct 19 11:26:46 WEDT 2009 >> >> $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/env >> PATHOS=/nonexistent >> SYSTEMROOT=C:\Windows >> WINDIR=C:\Windows >> > You're right, it seems that LC_CTYPE is also involved in this. Please try > under sh: > > $ export LC_CTYPE= > $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date > Mon Oct 19 13:12:40 RDT 2009 > > $ export LC_CTYPE=dummy > $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > $ export LC_CTYPE=C > $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date > Mon Oct 19 13:12:40 RDT 2009 > > $ export LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.ISO-8859-15 > $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > $ export LC_CTYPE=dummy > $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date > Mon Oct 19 13:12:41 RDT 2009 > $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/env > PATHOS=/nonexistent > SYSTEMROOT=C:\WINNT > WINDIR=C:\WINNT > > Hope this helps.
It does. The value of $PATH is used without checking if $PATH exists. I fixed that in CVS. Thanks for the report, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple