Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 11:09:02 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.1.8: Mutt can't spawn editor or shell Message-ID: <20010225110902.Y908@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20010225091654 DOT 54839 DOT qmail AT web11603 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010225091654.54839.qmail@web11603.mail.yahoo.com>; from plakal@yahoo.com on Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:16:54AM -0800 On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:16:54AM -0800, Manoj Plakal wrote: > > Hello, > > I recently installed Cygwin 1.1.8 on my Win98 box and > I've been having problems with Mutt. It runs fine > mostly > but it fails to launch an external editor or run > shell commands (using the `!' key). It doesn't produce > any error messages, it just seems to skip the edit or > shell-command step as if it couldn't spawn a process. No problem here but... > Found: N:\Cygwin\bin\bash.exe > Found: N:\Cygwin\bin\cat.exe > Not Found: cpp (good!) > Found: N:\Cygwin\bin\find.exe > Found: c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe > Warning: N:\Cygwin\bin\find.exe hides > c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe > Not Found: gcc > Not Found: gdb > Not Found: ld > Found: N:\Cygwin\bin\ls.exe > Not Found: make > Not Found: sh ^^ that's probably the problem. Install the `ash' package using `setup' which will install /bin/sh. It's needed to perform the system(3) call. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple