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RE: Cygwin Bash window disappear?!


On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Dave Korn wrote:

> On 30 January 2006 15:54, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> >> On 28 January 2006 04:19, Daniel mark wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello Eric:
> >>
> >>> //////////////////////////////////////////////
> >>> Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
> >>
> >>> Path:	C:\Program Files\texmf\miktex\bin
> >>
> >>> Path = 'C:\Program
> >>> Files\texmf\miktex\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys
> >>> tem32\Wbem;
> >>
> >>   First thing to try is to get rid of all those clashing
> >> win32-versions of *nix apps from your %PATH% and re-run setup.
> >
> > Huh?  Since when does MikTeX conflict with Cygwin?
>
>   I could see the included makeinfo interfering with
> /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh.  And people are always complaining
> about seeming-hangs in setup at the post-texmf.sh script.

update-info-dir.sh doesn't use makeinfo.  Besides, postinstall scripts
should not rely on the path containing /bin -- they should use explicit
paths (or else set the PATH themselves).  Plus, I believe setup prepends
/bin to the PATH before running the scripts.

post-texmf.sh regenerates all of the binary LaTeX format files -- it's
*supposed* to take a long time, especially with slower disks.  Perhaps it
should be renamed to "post-texmf-THIS-MAY-TAKE-A-WHILE.sh" (so people at
least get a visual clue in setup)? :-)

> > We still haven't gotten the exact error message that the OP gets when
> > 	running c:\cygwin\Cygwin.bat from a CMD window. Igor
>
>   Yep, we don't have enough information to diagnose the problem yet,
> that suggestion above was only a suggestion for something to try.

Well, let's hope this doesn't take the OP off on a tangent and make him
forget to actually post some useful output. :-)
	Igor
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