On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 01:18:13PM -0700, Dave wrote: >I've updated the chere package to address the network path and tcsh/ash issues >reported on the main list. > >Sorry for the delay, but I was investigating a more complicated, but possibly >better solution. It may still work, but I thought I'd knock out a quick fix >first. > >Notes >---- >A new script is added (xhere) which is invoked by the registry keys. >This script requires bash. >Also requires cooperation of login scripts to not cd $HOME if the environment >variable CHERE_INVOKING is present. >The previous behaviour can be obtained with the -1 switch. >man page not yet ready. >New behaviour untested on XP/NT/95/98/ME - this is important because it now >relies on windows to change directory for us. We can't pass the directory >because we almost always end up with "... '%L'" and break network paths. > >Because of this last, I've set this as a test release in the .hint > >http://www.geocities.com/d_inabox/chere_0.4-1.tar.bz2.zip >http://www.geocities.com/d_inabox/setup.hint.txt > >Please remove the .zip and .txt extensions. > >I'm not sure if >a) this version should just be uploaded, >b) we wait base-files/shell updates first, >c) have a quick review, >d) wait for feedback on XP/NT/95/98/ME
Well, I can't really answer a) and I don't think anyone else can either, so I've uploaded this. Maybe you'll get some testers in the cygwin list. cgf
