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Re: cygwin PATH reorg?
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: cygwin PATH reorg?
- From: Mumit Khan <khan at nanotech dot wisc dot edu>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 16:47:15 -0600
Geoffrey Noer <noer@cygnus.com> writes:
>
> This doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Somewhat hidden cleverness
> is really dangerous. Could better documentation possibly accomplish
> the same goals? Dunno, but I would think that would be preferable.
>
I'm not sure what you mean adding /bin to the PATH automagically. I,
as a user, don't care as long as my PATH does not change after the
shell evaluates my startup files (.profile, etc). If you can add /bin
as the first element to the PATH variable before it gets to my startup
file, it sounds like a good idea.
I'm in favor of the Unix'y login approach -- setup a default bare
environment, and then let the actual user startup take care of the
rest. This bare environment setup process can put /bin, however it is
found, before the rest of the User's existing PATH (done via Windows/DOS);
then .bashrc/.profile does the rest.
I'd think /bin should be easy to find. Have the installer add a registry
entry that says where it was installed (it's already there in a way), and
use that to find /bin.
Regards,
Mumit