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Re: bug: startxwin.bat assumes absolute path for /cygwin
- To: "A. Peter Blicher" <blicher at home dot com>
- Subject: Re: bug: startxwin.bat assumes absolute path for /cygwin
- From: Brian Genisio <genisiob at pilot dot msu dot edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 23:04:35 -0700
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com
Hmmm... I'd hardly call that a bug... more the nature of a start
script. Start scripts for just about any product are mere suggestions...
the executable is the actual product, and assumes defaults values, unless
you specify differently. How might the script know where to find the dll
without telling it? It assumes it is in the \cygwin directory, because
that is the default and suggested place for cygwin to be installed... if
you dont install cygwin there, all scripts and execs that assume the
default values have to be changed to reflect the stray from the default.
Brian
At 06:12 PM 6/23/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>In the distribution I just downloaded, xfree 4.0.3, startxwin.bat says:
>
>SET PATH=.;%PATH%;\cygwin\bin;\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
>
>This assumes that the root directory is \cygwin. But it might not be. It
>could be installed anywhere.
>
>As a consequence, the first error is that the cygwin dll's cannot be found.
>
>--peter
>
>--
>A. Peter Blicher
>blicher@home.com