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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:40:23 -0800 (PST)
From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.0-1 (Attn: zsh maintainer)
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Peter A. Castro wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, zzapper wrote:
> > > On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:40:59 +0100,  wrote:
> > > >On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:09:28 -0500 (EST),  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>An updated version of zsh (zsh-4.2.0-1) has been released and should be
> > > >>at a mirror near you real soon.
> > > >>
> > > >Hi I saw zsh 4.2.0 download this morning when I ran my daily setup
> > > >however (having reset my PC as requested)
> > > >
> > > >zsh --version
> > > >zsh 4.1.1 (i686-pc-cygwin)
> > > >
> > > >>whence zsh
> > > >/usr/bin/zsh
> > > >
> > > I had to rename zsh-4.2.0.exe to zsh.exe myself (is that
> > > normal/correct?)
> > >
> > > zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh)
> >
> > Sounds like a packaging bug.  The archive contains "/usr/bin/zsh.exe" as a
> > symbolic link to "/usr/bin/zsh-4.2.0.exe".  This will cause zsh to not
> > work from batch files and shortcuts (!).

(I'm tired) I just noticed, it's not a symlink, its a hardlink.  As such,
it'll materialize as if it was a real file in the filesystems and native
Windows programs will see it as a normal file, not a link.

> I don't think it will.  I see /usr/bin/zsh.exe being turned into a real
> file, during install, not a symlink, and /usr/bin/zsh has always been a
> symlink, since day one, and I've not seen any problems reported to this
> effect.  I think zzapper's problem may be because setup didn't remove
> everthing first or perhaps he installed zsh through some other mechanism?
>
> > What's weird is the fact that running "zsh" showed version 4.1.1.  Even
> > with the symlink this should not have happened.  I assume running
> > "zsh-4.2.0" would show version 4.2.0, right?  It would be interesting to
> > see if you have other copies of "zsh" in your PATH, which you can find out
> > by running "/bin/which -a zsh".
>
> You can also type "echo $ZSH_VERSION" to get your current shell's version.
> Oh, and btw, it does report "4.2.0" for me on all systems I've tested on.
>
> > 	Igor
>
>

-- 
Peter A. Castro <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org> or <Peter DOT Castro AT oracle DOT com>
	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood

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