RE: Initial run of BASH doesn't initialize home directory

["Reid Thompson" <Reid dot Thompson at ateb dot com>]

Tom Smith wrote:
> With all due respect, Igor, I think you missed my point.
> 
> The point is this:
> 
> 1) I ran the Cygwin "setup.exe" and the Cygwin/X "setup.exe"
> (a distinction made by the cygwin.com web site itself) on the
> same computer.

It's the same installer, just linked to different pages with different
text.

> 2) The Cygwin/X installation gave me grief as mentioned in my initial
> post. 3) The Cygwin installation gave me no grief and worked
> perfectly. 

Run the installer once selecting all the non-X stuff you want.
Setup your environment like you want it.
Run the installer again, selecting all the X stuff you want.

> 
> Therefore, my conclusion was that there's something different
> between the two installation routines--is this not a rational
> conclusion? 
> 
> I apologize for not including the output of "cygcheck -svr".
> I no longer have Cygwin/X installed so this will have to wait
> until tomorrow.
> 
> Based on what I mentioned above, is this still something I
> should take to the Cygwin list?


reid