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Subject: Re: modified cygwin.bat for rxvt - window does not stay up in 1.7.2
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On Mar 24 20:16, Andy Koppe wrote:
> Andy Koppe:
> > j8raa6t5a9:
> >> I updated to 1.7.2 and the cygwin.bat I modified ages ago to run rxvt does not work anymore.  The window pops up and quickly disappears (I'm using Windows XP).
> >>
> >> cygwin.bat looks like:
> >> @echo off
> >> C:
> >> chdir C:\cygwin\bin
> >> rxvt -e bash --login -i
> >
> > Does changing 'bash' to '/bin/bash' make a difference?
> 
> Answering my own question: yes.
> 
> There was a change in execvp()'s behaviour to no longer look up an
> executable in the current working directory, wasn't there? I can't
> find it in the ChangeLog though.

Missed it by *that* much.  I will add it to the release announcement for
1.7.2-2.

Thanks for the heads up.


Corinna

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