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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:38:16 -0400
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Subject:	Re: cygwin can't find any path data after Vista Service Pack 2 upgrade
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On 09/28/2009 06:12 PM, John simmons wrote:
> Shortly after updating vista to service pack 2, Cygwin broke.  It can't
> find anything. The bash shell launches to /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin. No
> commands work, except for pwd and cd. If I invoke env by ./env (the only
> way it works) I get:

<snip>

> I tried a complete uninstall and reinstall but have the same problem. I
> used to have /home/strannik as a home directory. I could go back to that
> or use the C:\User\strannik, but I can't figure out how to get either one.
>
> Any idea what could have gone wrong, or what to look for?

I'd recommend starting here:
> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Seeing chycheck output as described in the above link should be helpful.


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