X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RFC_ABUSE_POST,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: Karl M To: Subject: RE: Coreutils' Build Fails After Linking rm.exe Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:52:42 -0800 In-Reply-To: <4D5A9978.3020903@redhat.com> References: <4D5A321C.4020608@member.fsf.org>,<4D5A9978.3020903@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 > Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:19:20 -0700 > From: eblake > Subject: Re: Coreutils' Build Fails After Linking rm.exe > > Hmm. Does your $PATH include '.' somewhere near the beginning? That > may be the culprit; I _never_ run with '.' at the beginning (too much > risk of a trojan horse executable taking over); running with '.' at the > end or not in PATH at all would be safer. > Just for the archive, a dot in $PATH can be caused by a double ; in the win= dows path. A ";;" in the windows path creates a null entry that gets interpreted as a ".".=20=09=09=20=09=20=20=20=09=09=20=20 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple