Initial run of BASH doesn't initialize home directory
Reid Thompson
Reid.Thompson@ateb.com
Wed Jul 13 13:41:00 GMT 2005
Tom Smith wrote:
> With all due respect, Igor, I think you missed my point.
>
> The point is this:
>
> 1) I ran the Cygwin "setup.exe" and the Cygwin/X "setup.exe"
> (a distinction made by the cygwin.com web site itself) on the
> same computer.
It's the same installer, just linked to different pages with different
text.
> 2) The Cygwin/X installation gave me grief as mentioned in my initial
> post. 3) The Cygwin installation gave me no grief and worked
> perfectly.
Run the installer once selecting all the non-X stuff you want.
Setup your environment like you want it.
Run the installer again, selecting all the X stuff you want.
>
> Therefore, my conclusion was that there's something different
> between the two installation routines--is this not a rational
> conclusion?
>
> I apologize for not including the output of "cygcheck -svr".
> I no longer have Cygwin/X installed so this will have to wait
> until tomorrow.
>
> Based on what I mentioned above, is this still something I
> should take to the Cygwin list?
reid
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