X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_PGP_SIGNED,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:59:46 +0200 From: David Sastre Medina To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Attn: base-files maintainer? [Was: sshd from user account - env issues] Message-ID: <20120927195945.GC6934@pris.crapsteak.org> References: <505A03B1.6070409@silicondust.com> <505AAD94.5060205@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <506211B1.2010401@silicondust.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <506211B1.2010401@silicondust.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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 --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 01:18:57PM -0700, jafa wrote: > On 9/19/2012 10:45 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: > > On 9/19/2012 1:41 PM, jafa wrote: > > Try installing the test version of the base-files package (4.1-2). > > There was a thread six months ago or so where it was decided that > > setting vars in both upcase and lowercase was a bad idea (breaks .net > > applications, for one thing, and confuses many others). This change > > was implemented in base-files as a test, but has never been promoted. Nor did I had the smallest piece of feedback :( Chuck, thanks for the wake up call. I'll try releasing a new one during the next week. > Windows sets temp and tmp to windows style paths (eg > C:\Users\build\AppData\Local\Temp) > Cygwin sets TEMP and TMP to cygwin style paths (eg /tmp) > Confirming, MSVS fails to compile if both "TMP" and "tmp" are set. > The workaround is to unset TEMP and TMP on the line that invokes MSVS. > MSVS detects the Windows style "temp" and "tmp" vars and runs ok. > Having just one "TMP" var may cause problems... if TMP is set to a > cygwin style path MSVS won't work, and if TMP is set to a Windows style > path some cygwin apps might not work. > The current release implementation works ok - Cygwin apps work without > issue and MSVS works as long as you unset TEMP and TMP before invoking. --=20 Primary key fingerprint: AD8F BDC0 5A2C FD5F A179 60E7 F79B AB04 5299 EC56 --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlBksC0ACgkQ95urBFKZ7FZY6AD/VKnOucX9nLLbTvYry+Gnhtro 8diJirvutVoCtICWHN8A/i1QSIi+Dnfgia6/GAx/IU+lUfpOq3LBfcspgH6TP4Cy =+LS/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o--