Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:26:45 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: bash-2.05a-1: OSTYPE is empty
Message-ID: <20011116142645.A19742@cygbert.vinschen.de>
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References: <20011116140042 DOT A1128 AT stonie DOT insonic DOT com> <3BF510FC DOT 9090200 AT niles DOT de>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
In-Reply-To: <3BF510FC.9090200@niles.de>; from alexander.mader@niles.de on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:13:32PM +0100

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:13:32PM +0100, Mader, Alexander wrote:
> Daniel Steinmann wrote:
> 
> > Today I upgraded to bash-2.05a-1 and noticed that the variable
> > OSTYPE is empty. Other variables like OS are still ok. So I rolled
> > back to bash-2.05-8; in this version I get the expected value
> > 'cygwin'.
> > 
> > Is this just my machine (Win2k prof, cygwin-1.3.5) or has anybody
> > else noticed the same problem?
> > 
> > Daniel.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hallo Daniel,
> 
> it seems okay with my machine (NT, todays Cygwin), see below.

However, the following is given in the ChangeLog:

x.  Bash no longer auto-exports HOSTNAME, HOSTTYPE, MACHTYPE, or OSTYPE,
    even if it assigns them default values.

Try

	set | grep OS

and these variables are still available, just not exported.

Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Developer                                mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat, Inc.

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/