On 02/06/2011 07:33 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/06/2011 06:23 PM, David Sastre wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:43:42PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: >> >> >>> On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide >>>>> basis in Cygwin? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> First off, I'm curious about how do you start the bash shell. I ask >>>> because you don't seem to have PS1 set correctly, and that should be >>>> automated by startup-scripts. >>>> >>>> >>> I didn't change anything. This is rather new installation of Cygwin. >>> >>> I have seen some postinstall script failures on a few packages but would >>> these be modifying the system-wide PATH variable? >>> >>> I have not changed anything about PATH anywhere. >>> >>> >>> >>>> The PATH variable in cygwin is exported from your /etc/profile >>>> file, which contains a line that sets cygwin's path with higher >>>> precedence over the PATH inherited from windows. >>>> >>>> >>> Yep, I see it. So why isn't it working? >>> >>> >>> >>>>> Is there some guiding document about setting PATH system-wide to better >>>>> support scripts from Linux? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yes. The info you need is in the bash manpage, INVOCATION section. >>>> >>>> >>> bash-4.1$ man bash >>> (END) >>> >>> No man pages. >>> How do you get the man page generated? >>> And here's the tail end of /var/log/setup.log.full: >>> >>> 2011/02/06 12:01:40 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc >>> --noprofile /etc/post >>> install/coreutils.sh >>> 2011/02/06 12:01:41 abnormal exit: exit code=128 >>> 2011/02/06 12:01:41 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc >>> --noprofile /etc/post >>> install/bash.sh >>> 2011/02/06 12:01:41 abnormal exit: exit code=128 >>> 2011/02/06 12:01:41 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc >>> --noprofile /etc/post >>> install/update-info-dir.sh >>> 2011/02/06 12:02:24 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc >>> --noprofile /etc/post >>> install/libglade2.0.sh >>> could not open /etc/xml/catalog for saving >>> add command failed >>> 2011/02/06 12:02:25 abnormal exit: exit code=2 >>> 2011/02/06 12:02:25 Changing gid to Administrators >>> 2011/02/06 12:03:00 note: Installation Complete >>> 2011/02/06 12:03:00 Ending cygwin install >>> >>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>> >>> >> Well. At this point I'd need you to follow the indications from the >> link above, and attach the ouput from: >> >> cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out >> >> to your next post. >> Some extra info I'd need to know: >> How do you start the shell? As I said, a normal startup should read >> /etc/profile ans set/export your PATH correctly. >> By "normal" startup, I mean a way of calling the shell that tells it >> you are login into cygwin, and therefore, the startup scripts are >> called, e.g. starting mintty (which in turn executes bash --login) is such a >> way. >> Also, having postinstallation errors from bash and coreutils isn't >> a good thing. I'd try reinstalling both. >> >> >> > In response to both David and Csaba: > > Yes, there are both .bash_profile and .bashrc and both of them are same > as the defaults. > > I'm attaching the cygcheck.out file. > > Today when I installed postgresql I noticed that bash got upgraded to > 4.1 and that there were some package postinstall failures like coreutils > and bash. > > > Regards, > Gerry > > >
You'll notice that I corrected the PATH as shown in cygcheck.out. I did this by editing /etc/bash.bashrc and setting the PATH variable. Regards, Gerry -- 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
