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From:	Olivier Lefevre <lefevrol AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	Re: source command horribly broken after Cygwin update
Date:	Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:17:25 +0200
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Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Olivier Lefevre on 7/14/2007 8:49 PM:
>> Current bash version is 3.2.17(15)-release. When I read an alias file
>> with source weird results ensue. E.g., if the alias file is
>>
>>   alias rm='rm -i'
>>   alias mv='mv -i'
>>
>> then 'source /etc/alias' followed by 'alias' shows
>>
>>   'lias mv='mv -i
>>   'lias rm='rm -i
> 
> Your sourced file has DOS line endings, but you are using a binary mount.
>  Reread the bash release announcement; then either use d2u to convert your
> files to Unix line endings, swap over to using text mounts, or use the
> cygwin-specific igncr bash option to ignore the spurious \r in your files.
> 
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2007-05/msg00003.html
> 
> And searching the mailing list would have taught you that this has been
> discussed ad nauseum over the past few months - googling first before
> posting would save some embarrassment on your part.
> 
> - --
> Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
> 
> Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
> volunteer cygwin bash maintainer
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