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Re: cygwin-1.3.16-1


On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 11:50:46PM -0000, fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net wrote:
>Strange consequence of upgrading from cygwin-1.3.15-2 to 1.3.16-1: instead
>of starting off in ~ with ~/.bash_profile correctly read, now start in /
>with ~/.bash_profile not read. Both /etc/group and /etc/passwd are
>unaltered. However Cygwin now seems to know my username but not my group,
>which is now "unknown". I'm using W98/SE. Alternating between 1.3.15-2 and
>1.3.16-1 means the phenomenon described comes and goes. Full install. All
>other provision upgraded to latest available version incl. bash-2.05b-8.
>Just letting you know. Possibly user error. Thanks anyway. Fergus

It's a shame that this didn't have a more descriptive subject.  I'll bet
the people responsible for this possible change in behavior will skip
right over this message.

cgf

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