X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:59:56 -0700 Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <20120724155038.GD5572@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20120724160827.GA6098@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 In-Reply-To: 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 7/24/2012 6:09 PM, Aaron Schneider wrote: > On 25/07/2012 2:47, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >> >> There'd be a /bin/make if you installed it... >> >> $ which make >> /bin/make >> >> IMHO it's always better to go with a Cygwin way of doing things instead >> of installing some Unix/Linux thing through some Windows port like this >> Symbian\tools thing... > > > > That make.exe was installed by Symbian Qt SDK which is windows native, > nothing to do with cygwin. And, IMHO, should be avoided like the plague... Just my opinion. > In fact, that make.exe calls a perl script called make.pl: > > use FindBin; > use lib $FindBin::Bin; > use tlaunch; > callTool('','\\epoc32\\tools\\make.exe',\@ARGV); > > So anyway, the problem is caused when calling a binary present on > windows path that can match a cygwin one, for example running a > ./configure script. > After removing make the issue is happening again: > > $ make > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: /usr/local/bin/C:\Program > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /usr/local/bin/C:/Program > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this > warning. > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > Can't find C:\Program on PATH. Maybe when in Cygwin, /bin and /usr/bin should be put in your PATH ahead of the Windows stuff. I know I've run with C:\Cygwin\bin in the front of my Windows System Environment PATH variable for years without issue (though I think some around here might say it's not a good idea). -- Andrew DeFaria I put contact lenses in my dog's eyes. They had little pictures of cats on them. Then I took one out and he ran around in circles. -- 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