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Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 19:49:15 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Error with cygwin startup using Windows 8
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On May 13 12:11, Vasavi Levendel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to bring up Cygwin in a Windows 8 machine and see this error:
> 
> 1 [main] bash 3680 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer.
> 
> Cygwin Version:  CYGWIN_NT-6.2
> Windows Version: Windows 8, Version 6.2 (Build 9200)
> 
> What is the impact of this? Is there a work-around?

It means, you're trying to install an older version of the Cygwin DLL.
The workaround is to install the latest one from the distro.


Corinna

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