On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 06:56:48PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >On 07/06/2010 22:17, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> Maybe this has been discussed and I just don't remember but why are /bin >> and /usr/bin included in the default path in /etc/profile? Since they >> point to the same directory that just slows bash down a little when >> finding files not in /bin. > > Some things try to access $0/../share/.... > > Since $prefix=/usr for cygwin, /usr/bin is the expected location. There's >no alias for /share like there is for /bin and /lib.
That's an argument for having a path which includes /usr/bin. It doesn't explain why both are needed. cgf -- 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