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Subject: | RE: bash prompt problem - some more observations |
Date: | Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:00:08 +1100 |
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From: | "Robinson, Mark" <Mark DOT Robinson AT vignette DOT com> |
To: | "Eric Blake" <ebb9 AT byu DOT net> |
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Eric I have been using a custom bash compiled without multibyte characters for a couple of weeks now without problems. I started with the Cygwin src package version 3.00.16(12)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) and applied the following patch: -------------------8<---------------------------- --- ./bash-3.0-12.sh.save 2005-11-25 09:21:16.897833600 +1100 +++ ./bash-3.0-12.sh 2005-11-25 09:21:20.573118400 +1100 @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ --mandir='${prefix}/share/man' --infodir='${prefix}/share/info' \ --libexecdir='${sbindir}' --localstatedir="${localstatedir}" \ --datadir='${prefix}/share' --without-libiconv-prefix \ - --without-libintl-prefix --with-installed-readline ) + --without-libintl-prefix --disable-multibyte ) } reconf() { (cd ${topdir} && \ ------------------>8---------------------------- cheers mark -- Mark Robinson Consultant Vignette Professional Services +61 2 9455 5317 In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. - Yogi Berra -- Vignette's software and expertise help organizations harness the power of information and the Web to deliver measurable improvements in business efficiency. Vignette is the efficiency expert. Visit http://www.vignette.com to learn more. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Blake [mailto:ebb9 AT byu DOT net] > Sent: Tuesday, 23 August 2005 9:47 PM > To: Robinson, Mark > Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: bash prompt problem - some more observations > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Robinson, Mark on 8/23/2005 1:45 AM: > > howdy > > > > so I downloaded the cygwin bash source and built it without > multibyte > > character support and guess what? no bug. > > So does cygwin need to support multibyte characters in bash, > or should I > make this configuration the default? Being a native English speaker > myself, I don't have much cause to try to use multibyte > character prompts > or command output in my normal usage to know if cygwin supports it. > > - -- > Life is short - so eat dessert first! > > Eric Blake ebb9 AT byu DOT net > volunteer cygwin bash maintainer > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDCwzG84KuGfSFAYARAmr8AJ4tVCjBOBAjPwmwVo+jvT+/2Z/twgCaA2P9 > 8WRw6v2MUXd78Fcv2RHy63Y= > =3F9u > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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