X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:20:11 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: shopt igncr not working Message-ID: <20061012212011.GA8535@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1160655422743.antti.nospam.1605718.wGO_WJ9D1NlId3tB-z6Qig@luukku.com> <20061012123406.GA30908@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <452EA386.9010201@qualcomm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <452EA386.9010201@qualcomm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:20:22PM -0700, Rob Walker wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 03:17:02PM +0300, Antti Tyrv?inen wrote: >> >>>Hi! >>> >>>Installed latest cygwin and I met problems with bash and scripts which >>>are in DOS format. >>> >>>$ bash --version >>>GNU bash, version 3.1.17(9)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) >>>Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>> >>>I read the mailing lists and I also tried to add ' shopt -s igncr;#' in >>>the beginning of the script, but it didn't work. In my opinion, this is >>>bad solution if I have to edit all my existing scripts. >>> >>>All works fine with bash 3.1.6. >>> >>>What I should do? >>> >>>a) install bash 3.1.6 and wait for new >>>b) install bash 3.1.9. and convert all my scripts to UNIX format >>> >> >>b), i.e., use the tool the way it was designed to be used. > >Saying cygwin's bash wasn't designed to handle CRLF is a lot like >saying that cygwin's bash (as previously released all these years) >wasn't designed to work with the rest of Windows. This might actually >be the case, but I don't understand the point. If you don't want to >work with Windows, why release for Windows? So, why were you asking for help if you weren't going to actually avail yourself of it? You can read the first few paragraphs of the Cygwin web site for information about what Cygwin is. >Many, many other cross-platform products make allowances for CRLF >(version control systems are a prime example) to maximize >compatibility, and thereby their usefulness, on Windows. Cygwin's >recent changes (with make and bash) here has put a real crimp in my >plans to depend on cygwin for a portable build environment. > >Just curious, is there a goal or strategy that drives changes like >this? You may not have been paying attention but this has already been explained a few times. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/