From: dje AT canuck DOT cygnus DOT com (Doug Evans) Subject: Re: why does /bin have to be *first* in the PATH? 5 Dec 1996 15:32:25 -0800 Sender: daemon AT cygnus DOT com Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199612052241.OAA24743.cygnus.gnu-win32@canuck.cygnus.com> Original-To: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU Original-CC: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <199612052051.HAA27235@murlibobo.cs.mu.OZ.AU> (message from Fergus Henderson on Fri, 6 Dec 1996 07: 51:37 +1100 (EST)) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com From: Fergus Henderson Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 07:51:37 +1100 (EST) Doug Evans wrote: > Having /bin be first in PATH was a workaround to a > bug that has since been fixed [or at least was fixed at one point]. Well, b16 still requires /bin be first. I was refering to post-b16 sources. - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".