1.7.7: PATH in Bash shells

Mon Feb 7 01:01:00 GMT 2011

On 02/06/2011 07:55 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
> On 02/06/2011 07:36 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>> On 02/06/2011 07:33 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>>>> On 02/06/2011 06:23 PM, David Sastre wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:43:42PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/06/2011 02:16 PM, David Sastre wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 01:33:37PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What is the proper method to set the PATH variable on a system-wide
>>>>>>> basis in Cygwin?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> First off, I'm curious about how do you start the bash shell. I ask
>>>>>> because you don't seem to have PS1 set correctly, and that should be
>>>>>> automated by startup-scripts. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I didn't change anything. This is rather new installation of Cygwin.
>>>>>>>>>> I have seen some postinstall script failures on a few packages but would
>>>>> these be modifying the system-wide PATH variable?
>>>>>>>>>> I have not changed anything about PATH anywhere.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The PATH variable in cygwin is exported from your /etc/profile
>>>>>> file, which contains a line that sets cygwin's path with higher
>>>>>> precedence over the PATH inherited from windows.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yep, I see it. So why isn't it working?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there some guiding document about setting PATH system-wide to better
>>>>>>> support scripts from Linux?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes. The info you need is in the bash manpage, INVOCATION section.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bash-4.1$ man bash
>>>>> (END)
>>>>>>>>>> No man pages.
>>>>> How do you get the man page generated?
>>>>> And here's the tail end of /var/log/setup.log.full:
>>>>>>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:01:40 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc
>>>>> --noprofile /etc/post
>>>>> install/coreutils.sh
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:01:41 abnormal exit: exit code=128
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:01:41 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc
>>>>> --noprofile /etc/post
>>>>> install/bash.sh
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:01:41 abnormal exit: exit code=128
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:01:41 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc
>>>>> --noprofile /etc/post
>>>>> install/update-info-dir.sh
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:02:24 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc
>>>>> --noprofile /etc/post
>>>>> install/libglade2.0.sh
>>>>> could not open /etc/xml/catalog for saving
>>>>> add command failed
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:02:25 abnormal exit: exit code=2
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:02:25 Changing gid to Administrators
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:03:00 note: Installation Complete
>>>>> 2011年02月06日 12:03:00 Ending cygwin install
>>>>>>>>>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well. At this point I'd need you to follow the indications from the
>>>> link above, and attach the ouput from:
>>>>>>>> cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out 
>>>>>>>> to your next post.
>>>> Some extra info I'd need to know: 
>>>> How do you start the shell? As I said, a normal startup should read
>>>> /etc/profile ans set/export your PATH correctly.
>>>> By "normal" startup, I mean a way of calling the shell that tells it
>>>> you are login into cygwin, and therefore, the startup scripts are
>>>> called, e.g. starting mintty (which in turn executes bash --login) is such a way.
>>>> Also, having postinstallation errors from bash and coreutils isn't
>>>> a good thing. I'd try reinstalling both.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In response to both David and Csaba:
>>>>>> Yes, there are both .bash_profile and .bashrc and both of them are same
>>> as the defaults.
>>>>>> I'm attaching the cygcheck.out file.
>>>>>> Today when I installed postgresql I noticed that bash got upgraded to
>>> 4.1 and that there were some package postinstall failures like coreutils
>>> and bash.
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>> Gerry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You'll notice that I corrected the PATH as shown in cygcheck.out.
>>>> I did this by editing /etc/bash.bashrc and setting the PATH variable.
>>>>>>>>> BTW, I start the Cygwin Bash shell from the desktop icon.
>> Regards,
> Gerry
>>>>>I tried reinstalling Bash and coreutils but still I get postinstall errors:
 Package: coreutils
 coreutils.sh exit code 128
 Package: bash
 bash.sh exit code 128
 Package: Unknown package
 libglade2.0.sh exit code 2
Regards,
Gerry
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