why must cygwin be first in path?

[Steven Schram]

Several people have suggested that it might be related to having network
devices in the PATH.  Good suggestion, but it is not the case.  I don't have
any network devices in PATH.

Steve

At 11:46 AM 2/3/00 , you wrote:
>The only way I have found to get GNU Make to execute properly from the NT
>Command Shell is to put the cygwin directory first in the PATH variable.
>Otherwise, 'make.exe' has that strange delay (about 3 seconds) I mentioned
a
>while back.  Does this give anyone a clue as to why there is a delay at
all?
>
>As a refresher, the delay only occurs if it has been at least 10 seconds
>since the last delay commenced.
>
>Steve
>


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