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Re: cygwin version 1.3.21(0.77/3/2) [bash shell :: exporting mixed-case environment]
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 16:27:44 +0200
- Subject: Re: cygwin version 1.3.21(0.77/3/2) [bash shell :: exporting mixed-case environment]
- References: <F23a2A13IfdosQxaLHO00020138@hotmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 12:25:58PM +0000, Pratab Ali wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Have been using a much older version of cygwin till now without any
> problems.
>
> It has come to our attention that exporting environment variables in the
> bash shell may be broken.
>
> scenario:
>
> $> cd myappdir
> $> export DevOS=WINNT
> $> make
>
> make is called in a dir which contains a "makefile" file. makefile uses the
> DevOS environment variable, which according to this version of cygwin is
> blank (does not exist). This is where the old cygwin had no issues.
Latest bash and cygwin:
$ export DevOS=WINNT
$ env|grep OS
DevOS=WINNT
Corinna
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