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Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:59:36 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 1.3.22: popen() fails without /bin/sh
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So is it cygwin common-theme Friday?

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:51:44PM +0100, mbuch AT IFF572 DOT IFF DOT KFA-JUELICH DOT DE wrote:
>i have the same popen() problem as described in
>http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-06/msg00567.html i.e.  my
>programm crashes when calling popen() on a system with minimal cygwin
>files (only cygwin1.dll and sh.exe in the windows path).  Does anyone
>know if there has been a solution or fix meanwhile ?

This is not a bug.  popen is *designed* to use /bin/sh.

cgf

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