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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated [security]: bash-3.2.49-23
- From: "Edward Lam" <edward at sidefx dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:52:38 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated [security]: bash-3.2.49-23
- References: <announce.4A4C18B6.4000505@byu.net>
On Wed, July 1, 2009 22:17, Eric Blake wrote:
> It also removes special
> handling for DOS paths, since cygwin 1.7 is less accommodating to those
> (use /cygdrive instead).
Can you clarify what this means exactly compared to say the latest bash
version in cigwin 1.5? Personally, I rely on using DOS paths from the bash
command line everyday. eg. "cd $FOO" where FOO is some environment
variable containing a forward slash DOS path.
-Edward
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