[ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 1.7.35-0.1

Thomas Wolff towo@towo.net
Sat Feb 14 14:23:00 GMT 2015


Am 14.02.2015 um 00:24 schrieb Andrey Repin:
>> ...
> I have a feeling that you have %HOME% defined before mintty starts.
> I just made some tests, and it seems to be the showstopper.
> If %HOME% is already set, nsswitch.conf:db_home is ineffective.
> Simple check for
>
>      SET HOME=
>      mintty -
I think setting HOME globally, before starting cygwin, is the most 
straightforward way to configure one's home directory preference and 
should thus be supported.
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Thomas

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