On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:37:19 +0100, wrote: >zzapper wrote: >> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:17:02 +0100, wrote: >> >> >> >>>>Funny thing "which" finds egrep in /usr/bin /bin etc >>>>they are also in my path. >>>> >>>>bash: /usr/bin/egrep: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory >>> >>>Well, there's your answer - it's /bin/sh which you have missing, not egrep. >>>In Cygwin egrep is a shell script rather than a symlink. I believe there >>>was a window during the recent changeover of /bin/sh from ash to bash where >>>the update could cause /bin/sh to be deleted. Just copy /usr/bin/bash to >>>/usr/bin/sh and all should be well. >>> >>>-- Cliff >> >> >> Cliff, >> thnx that solved it!! >> >> Was it most likely just a glitch on my update? > >Yes - a short-lived bug in the postinstall scripts. See: > > http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg00224.html > >-- Cliff I updated yesterday 11th July, so is just that the fix hadn't got to the mirrors?
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