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On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:43:42PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote:
> On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote:
> >=20=20=20
> >> What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide
> >> basis in Cygwin?
> >>=20=20=20=20=20
> > First off, I'm curious about how do you start the bash shell. I ask
> > because you don't seem to have PS1 set correctly, and that should be
> > automated by startup-scripts.=20
>=20
> I didn't change anything.  This is rather new installation of Cygwin.
>=20
> I have seen some postinstall script failures on a few packages but would
> these be modifying the system-wide PATH variable?
>=20
> I have not changed anything about PATH anywhere.
>=20
> > The PATH variable in cygwin is exported from your /etc/profile
> > file, which contains a line that sets cygwin's path with higher
> > precedence over the PATH inherited from windows.
>=20
> Yep, I see it.  So why isn't it working?
>=20
> >> Is there some guiding document about setting PATH system-wide to better
> >> support scripts from Linux?
> >=20=20
> > Yes. The info you need is in the bash manpage, INVOCATION section.
>=20
> bash-4.1$ man bash
> (END)
>=20
> No man pages.
> How do you get the man page generated?
> And here's the tail end of /var/log/setup.log.full:
>=20
>     2011/02/06 12:01:40 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc
>     --noprofile /etc/post
>     install/coreutils.sh
>     2011/02/06 12:01:41 abnormal exit: exit code=3D128
>     2011/02/06 12:01:41 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc
>     --noprofile /etc/post
>     install/bash.sh
>     2011/02/06 12:01:41 abnormal exit: exit code=3D128
>     2011/02/06 12:01:41 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc
>     --noprofile /etc/post
>     install/update-info-dir.sh
>     2011/02/06 12:02:24 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc
>     --noprofile /etc/post
>     install/libglade2.0.sh
>     could not open /etc/xml/catalog for saving
>     add command failed
>     2011/02/06 12:02:25 abnormal exit: exit code=3D2
>     2011/02/06 12:02:25 Changing gid to Administrators
>     2011/02/06 12:03:00 note: Installation Complete
>     2011/02/06 12:03:00 Ending cygwin install
>
> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Well. At this point I'd need you to follow the indications from the
link above, and attach the ouput from:

cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out=20

to your next post.
Some extra info I'd need to know:=20
How do you start the shell? As I said, a normal startup should read
/etc/profile ans set/export your PATH correctly.
By "normal" startup, I mean a way of calling the shell that tells it
you are login into cygwin, and therefore, the startup scripts are
called, e.g. starting mintty (which in turn executes bash --login) is such =
a way.
Also, having postinstallation errors from bash and coreutils isn't
a good thing. I'd try reinstalling both.

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