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Re: updated bash to latest 3.1.17(8)-release; startup has errors now
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 05:43:39PM -0500, mwoehlke wrote:
>DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
>>As I often do after an absence, I ran setup.exe on my system and
>>updated my cygwin installation.
>>
>>After doing this, I get some wacky errors when I try to run a bash
>>shell (double-clicking the cygwin icon).
>
>I don't know why I'm wasting my breath; no one that needs to read this
>is going to do so, but...
>
>Any time you upgrade a package and something that was working, stops
>working... *RTFRNBG*! In Cygwin's case, this means the ANNOUNCEMENT that
>went to cygwin-announce. And the SECOND thing you should do is STFLA for
>similar problems. In this case, looking for 'bash' in the last week of
>activity would have answered your question, or at least pointed you at a
>thread where you could contribute without looking like an idiot who
>doesn't know how to RTFRA or STFLA.
>
>(1: Read The (YKWGH) Release Notes Before Griping, also RTFRNBC
>(RTFRNBComplaining), RTFRN, and for Cygwin, RTFRA where A = ANNOUNCEMENT)
>(2: You Know What Goes Here)
>(3: Search The (YKWGH) List Archives)
I came very close to sending a similar observation as a response to that
message.
But, according to Shirley, that would surely have sounded surly, so I didn't,
although I sorely wanted to.
cgf
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