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Re: Setting a bash variable from backtick operator fails


> On Feb 27, 2018, at 2:29 PM, Kaz Kylheku <920-082-4242@kylheku.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2018-02-27 09:10, Numien wrote:
>> Jürgen Wagner nailed it; it was my antivirus, and disabling the
>> shellcode injection check fixed it.
> 
> However, this time-wasting pattern of dealing with the issue by end users
> is not a good way.
> 
> A better approach would be to identify some common paterns of BLODA interference
> and code a test which can detect the interference. This should be executed at
> startup by the Cygwin shell so that a diagnostic can be displayed to the user.
> 
>  WARNING: Cygwin detected interference from a "dodgy" application
>  such as anti-virus software. Your Cygwin installation may malfunction.
>  See http://<URL-to-BLODA-INFO>

We await your patch, but you might want to search the archives first.
https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI
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