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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Updated: lynx-2.8.4-3
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:37:19 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-announce-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-announce-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 4:43 PM
> To: cygann
> Subject: Updated: lynx-2.8.4-3
>
> 
> I've updated the version of lynx to 2.8.4-3.
> 
> It solves the problem that on the '!' command, the $COMSPEC environment
> variable is evaluated instead of $SHELL.  This mess turned out to be a
> Cygwin specific tweak of one of the Lynx developers from back in 1999.
> I just disabled the Cygwin specific behaviour.
-- 8< --

Hi...
 Just want to let it be known so that it can be investigated further...
 Following description *known* to apply to Windows 98SE.
 Others: unknown.

 There seems to a analogous problem with "startx" as far as I can
understand: I have

set SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:30720
set COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM

in CONFIG.SYS, "SHELL" is copied into the bash environment...
therefore I currently have this two-minute-tweak in ~/.profile 

if echo "$SHELL " | grep -i -c command.com >/dev/null
then
  export SHELL=
  echo "\"command.com\" found in \$SHELL, \$SHELL contents removed."
fi

... As SHELL is empty "startx" works as it should.


-- 8< --
> Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
> Cygwin Developer                                mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Red Hat, Inc.


/Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden 


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