[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated [experimental]: bash-3.1-7

Mon Sep 11 18:04:00 GMT 2006

Eric Blake wrote:
> NOTICE:
> =======
> This version removes several outdated #defines that were once necessary in
> older versions of cygwin, but which made bash on cygwin different and
> slower than bash on Linux. In the process, there is a major change in
> behavior - bash no longer forces text mode when reading scripts. If your
> script resides on a text mount point, you will not notice any difference.
> If your script resides on a binary mount point, and has normal unix \n
> line endings, you may notice a slight speedup. But if your script resides
> on a binary mount point, and has \r\n line endings, bash will most likely
> encounter syntax errors. The fix is simple - use d2u to convert script
> files residing on a binary mount point to be unix files, or if you must
> use DOS lines, use a text mount point. Because of this change in
> behavior, I am marking this version experimental for a while until I can
> gauge from mailing list traffic that it is safe to promote to current.

When starting the experimental version with "c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -l". 
I get:
mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/mwoehlke\r': No such file or directory
Copying skeleton files.
These files are for the user to personalise
their cygwin experience.
These will never be overwritten.
/usr/bin/install: cannot create directory `/home/mwoehlke\r': No such 
file or directory
/usr/bin/install: cannot create directory `/home/mwoehlke\r': No such 
file or directory
/usr/bin/install: cannot create directory `/home/mwoehlke\r': No such 
file or directory
: No such file or directory
mwoehlke@Harkness /etc/skel
$
So $HOME is being set wrong. "echo $HOME | od -c" gives " / h o m 
 e / m w o e h l k e \r \n". "echo %HOME%" from a 
fresh cmd.exe gives "C:/Documents and Settings/mwoehlke". I ran d2u on 
/etc/profile, /etc/default/etc/profile and /etc/passwd.
If I 'export HOME=/home/mwoehlke', then things work correctly.
Somehow, before /etc/profile is executed, my $HOME is being set "funny". 
Any guesses?
-- 
Matthew
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