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RE: Cygwin Perl system() Invokes exec() Directly?
- To: "Lehr, Matt (GEA, 510425)" <MATT dot LEHR at APPL dot GE dot COM>
- Subject: RE: Cygwin Perl system() Invokes exec() Directly?
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:34:22 +0100
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <3DC3FF95C367D411B47E00D0B73E4B38F80849@ap3expr8applge.appl.ge.com>
On Wednesday 19 Sep 01, Lehr, Matt (GEA, 510425) writes:
> It turns out your suspicions about configuration were correct: I'm
> trying to keep a minimal installation here and it turns out that none of the
> packages I've installed contain the Bourne shell. I've worked around the
> problem via "ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh"...
Or you could *solve* the problem by installing ash. See the entry
"What packages should I download?" in the FAQ.
David
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