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cygwin.bat/bash fails after install


After a successful installation of cygwin you run cygwin.bat and the
following message flashes briefly on your screen:

bash: can't find configuration file /usr/local/etc/profile.global; exiting.

A work-around was first documented in
http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00651.html

The problem can be recreated by doing the following:

Open a command shell (Run/cmd)
Switch to a drive other than C:
u:
exit

Run setup.exe.  The install will work, but you will get the error message.

Resolution
Switch to C: in the command shell before running setup.exe

Workaround:
See http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00651.html

- Jim

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