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From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko AT nexgo DOT de>
Subject: Re: /etc/profile
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:54:16 +0200
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Andrey Repin writes:
> Greetings, Achim Gratz!
>
>>> People execute Windows programs using Cygwin all the time. With this
>>> change, basic things like "cmd" and "notepad" will fail to work.
>>> Working with Windows programs is the *point* of Cygwin. I really don't
>>> think this change should go into the default startup scripts.
>
>> The change is about giving users a choice.  You can now drop a script
>> into profile.d that just does:
>
>> PATH="${PATH}:${ORIGINAL_PATH}"
>
> The point it, I don't want this.

You do realise that this is exactly what is done today, just at a
different place, do you?

> My $PATH is set in Windows, and I do not modify it in startup scripts.

Yes you do, in /etc/profile - check it yourself.


Regards,
Achim.
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