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On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 06:19:55AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
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>According to Eric Blake on 7/6/2009 6:14 AM:
>> A new release 6.0.3-2 for readline and libreadline7 is now available for
>> use in cygwin 1.7, replacing 6.0.3-1.  Cygwin 1.5 users are unaffected by
>> this change.
>> 
>> Please check the mailing lists - if no one else has offered feedback for a
>> particular version of windows, then feel free to offer your feedback
>> (success or failure) so I can know whether using the new binutils to build
>> the package made a difference.
>
>To set the example for what I want: I see no difference between 6.0.3-1 or
>6.0.3-2 on Windows XP; both versions of libreadline7 allowed bash
>3.2.49-23 to start just fine for me.

I no longer have a problem with bash on Windows 7.

I won't be able to try XP for a while.

cgf

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