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Date:	Tue, 30 May 2000 11:47:56 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to:	<20000530095826.C8894@cygnus.com> (message from Chris Faylor on
	Tue, 30 May 2000 09:58:26 -0400)
Subject:	Re: Somewhat off-topic: Does cygwin net release gdb run "out of the box" for you?
References:	<20000530133429 DOT 6958 DOT qmail AT web114 DOT yahoomail DOT com> <20000530095826 DOT C8894 AT cygnus DOT com>

> Hmm.  In a "normal" installation /bin == /usr/bin, so moving gdb.exe to
> /usr/bin should have either been a no-op, if you used cygwin tools, or
> it would have made gdb.exe unavailable if you used Windows tools.

If gdb is in /usr/bin, it looks for /usr/share/gdbtcl, which works.

If gdb is in /bin, it looks for /share/gdbtcl, which doesn't work.

The only reason we made /usr/bin==/bin is for scripts with
hardcoded things like /bin/ls

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