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On 07/06/2010 22:17, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Maybe this has been discussed and I just don't remember but why are /bin
> and /usr/bin included in the default path in /etc/profile?  Since they
> point to the same directory that just slows bash down a little when
> finding files not in /bin.

  Some things try to access $0/../share/....

  Since $prefix=/usr for cygwin, /usr/bin is the expected location.  There's
no alias for /share like there is for /bin and /lib.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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