Dave Korn wrote: --- snip --- >> This is not a binutils bug report any longer! Try downgrading bash; there's > a problem with the new libreadline7 build, which hopefully a respin with gcc-4 > and this new binutils will fix. >> cheers, > DaveK I backed down on bash version which required install of libreadline6. bash still fails. This is on NT4. Maybe I need a different combination of binutils, libreadline, and bash. I will play with this for a bit. Jerry -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple