From: mbehrens AT iserv DOT net (Matt Behrens) Subject: Re: B20 & bash 2.02.1(2) broken 7 Nov 1998 10:17:56 -0800 Message-ID: <3642E7FF.668BFCAE.cygnus.gnu-win32@iserv.net> References: <000001be0724$cbdc1d90$010120c0 AT menpc1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Gnu-Win32 Mailing List (E-mail)" Hmm. Did it hang when it wouldn't execute those scripts? If so, that might well explain part of the problem with configure scripts not working. Austin David France wrote: > > CYGWIN_NT-4.0 MENPC1 20.0 (0.1/1/1) 1998-10-29 15:33:43 i486 unknown > BASH 2.02.1(2)-release > NTW40 Y2KSP4 > > I installed B20, and discovered a problem with the version of bash shipped > with b20. > > I can log in using cygnus.bat OK, however logins via inetd don't work. > > Further investigation reveals a very strange problem. Bash 2.02.1(2) won't > execute a script whose name is less than 6 characters long. > > A colleagues is experiencing exactly the same problem, except that bash > won't execute a script whose name is less than 4 characters long. > > An interesting co-incidence is that I have 6 dos drive letters, my colleague > has only 4. I am sure this is just a weird co-incidence. > > I have replaced bash 2.02.1(2) with bash 2.02.1(1) and this corrects the > problem for both short script names and inetd (which was presumably a > related problem) > > Austin David France > Mentor Systems plc > mailto:adf AT mentor-systems DOT com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail message are the sender's > and do not necessarily represent the views of Mentor Systems plc. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". -- __ /-/ Matt Behrens ( ( mbehrens AT iserv DOT net ) ) Iserv Network Operations Center /_/ http://inoc.iserv.net/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".