X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110308134803.GA1050@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <4B14573C.3040409@alice.it> <20091201091515.GC30043@calimero.vinschen.de> <4D755880.2040800@cornell.edu> <20110308134803.GA1050@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:03:11 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Unset TMP/TEMP in profile? (was Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: cygwin-1.7.0-67) From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 > On Mar =C2=A08 13:49, David Sastre wrote: >> 2011/3/8, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: >> > FWIW, I'd prefer to keep the unsetting of TEMP/TMP in ~/.bashrc (i.e. >> > based on user preference) vs. /etc/profile, since I have multiple >> > accounts on one of my machines and with my 'work' account, if I >> > cygstart several different native Windows apps without TEMP/TMP being >> > set they don't play nice. =C2=A0I realize I could write wrapper script= s as >> > per Angelo's suggestion, but I'd prefer not to. >> > >> > As the old adage goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it... >> >> As discussed in the ITA thread, one of the goals of base-files-4.0 is >> not relying >> in users' config files at all regarding any item that needs to be >> defined (or undefined :) >> So if TMP/TEMP has to be unset, or set to /tmp per default, or any >> other default >> decided here, that is something to be done in /etc/profile, IMHO. Fair point. That avoids the situation where users with existing home directories don't get a change. On 8 March 2011 13:48, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > I agree. =C2=A0Setting TMP and TEMP to /tmp by default in /etc/profile > should make Cgwin and native apps happy, shouldn't it? Yep. Fingers crossed. Andy -- 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