X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Achim Gratz Subject: Re: /etc/profile Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:50:51 +0200 Lines: 29 Message-ID: <87628alkgk.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <20120822191002.GA5467@pris.crapsteak.org> <50353D71.9000306@dancol.org> <87ehmyllon.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <20120822203605.GA13385@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Christopher Faylor writes: > If we are changing a longstanding behavior then I agree with Daniel that > this is a bad idea. You're just asking for people to be confused. Again, I'm not arguing for changing the default. In fact, as long as ORIGINAL_PATH stays available it might even still be added to PATH in /etc/profile, although I still think it is cleaner to install /etc/profile.d/00_add_windows_path.sh in base-files with the contents I've shown. If it's already been added then removing it with just the means of a POSIX shell is a bit involved, but even that would be a possibility. > If you want to make it easy to remove the Windows PATH then I guess I > can see why that would be useful but it seems like anyone for whom this > would be an issue would know how to do this anyway so I don't see why we > have to go to great lengths to accommodate anyone who wants this. The issue is that to effect that customization I have to change a file that is not supposed to be changed (since that prevents any updates from getting to it automatically). Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- 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