RE: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-25 Thread Thrall, Bryan
Aaron Schneider wrote on 2012-07-24: So anyway, the problem is caused when calling a binary present on windows path that can match a cygwin one, for example running a ./configure script. After removing make the issue is happening again: $ make cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-25 Thread Aaron Schneider
On 25/07/2012 15:34, Thrall, Bryan wrote: guide for more details about POSIX paths: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames Can't find C:\Program on PATH. Could this be a problem with the Makefile? It looks like you're using Cygwin make now, but the Makefile might

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-25 Thread Earnie Boyd
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Aaron Schneider wrote: Oh no I meant I removed the cygwin's make, the nokia's make is still present, never removed it in the end. The makefile is in perfect condition, even I tried it on a empty dir and the result is the same. If you're not using the Cygwin

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-25 Thread Aaron Schneider
On 25/07/2012 16:56, Earnie Boyd wrote: On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Aaron Schneider wrote: Oh no I meant I removed the cygwin's make, the nokia's make is still present, never removed it in the end. The makefile is in perfect condition, even I tried it on a empty dir and the result is the

Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Aaron Schneider
Fresh install of cygwin on c:\cygwin\ is including spaces in PATH, causing that cannot execute common tasks, $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/PC Connectivity Solution:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Windows

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 05:31:54PM +0200, Aaron Schneider wrote: Fresh install of cygwin on c:\cygwin\ is including spaces in PATH, causing that cannot execute common tasks, $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/PC Connectivity Solution:/cygdrive/c/Program Files

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Aaron Schneider
On 24/07/2012 17:50, Christopher Faylor wrote: The Cygwin version of make would not display c: anything. That's not a Cygwin path specification and it shouldn't even be possible for a Cygwin program to see the Windows PATH environment variable. You must be running a non-cygwin make. Spaces

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 05:57:40PM +0200, Aaron Schneider wrote: On 24/07/2012 17:50, Christopher Faylor wrote: The Cygwin version of make would not display c: anything. That's not a Cygwin path specification and it shouldn't even be possible for a Cygwin program to see the Windows PATH

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Aaron Schneider
On 24/07/2012 18:08, Christopher Faylor wrote: You must be running a non-cygwin make. That said, however, make does not deal well with spaces in file specifications. If something is actually parsing a PATH environment variable then it could cause problems. You're right, I know what caused

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 7/24/2012 1:35 PM, Aaron Schneider wrote: On 24/07/2012 18:08, Christopher Faylor wrote: You must be running a non-cygwin make. That said, however, make does not deal well with spaces in file specifications. If something is actually parsing a PATH environment variable then it could cause

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Aaron Schneider
On 25/07/2012 2:47, Andrew DeFaria wrote: There'd be a /bin/make if you installed it... $ which make /bin/make IMHO it's always better to go with a Cygwin way of doing things instead of installing some Unix/Linux thing through some Windows port like this Symbian\tools thing... That

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 7/24/2012 6:09 PM, Aaron Schneider wrote: On 25/07/2012 2:47, Andrew DeFaria wrote: There'd be a /bin/make if you installed it... $ which make /bin/make IMHO it's always better to go with a Cygwin way of doing things instead of installing some Unix/Linux thing through some Windows

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Aaron Schneider
On 25/07/2012 3:59, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Maybe when in Cygwin, /bin and /usr/bin should be put in your PATH ahead of the Windows stuff. I know I've run with C:\Cygwin\bin in the front of my Windows System Environment PATH variable for years without issue (though I think some around here might

Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors

2012-07-24 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 07/24/2012 07:24 PM, Aaron Schneider wrote: On 25/07/2012 3:59, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Maybe when in Cygwin, /bin and /usr/bin should be put in your PATH ahead of the Windows stuff. I know I've run with C:\Cygwin\bin in the front of my Windows System Environment PATH variable for years