The XFree86-bin-icons-4.3.0-5 package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution.
Changes:
1) Add "export PATH=/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH" to /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh. The /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-bin-icons.sh script looks in the current PATH for each executable before creating an icon for that program; running the script from setup.exe did not cause the path to /usr/X11R6/bin to be added to the path so we have to manually add it to the path in the postinstall script. This changes the behavior of the script from creating icons for only /usr/bin programs (like emacs) when run from setup.exe, to creating icons for all programs that are present, as was intended.
2) For the first time ever, the XFree86-bin-icons package now works correctly. Make sure that you have bash-2.05b-16, else the script will hang when it runs cygpath. Be sure to express your gratitude to Chris Faylor for fixing this bug with bash:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg01166.html
-- Harold Hunt
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Once you've downloaded setup.exe, run it and select "XFree86" and then click on the appropriate field until the above announced version number appears if it is not displayed already.
Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update.
In the US, ftp://archive.progeny.com/cygwin/ is a reliable high bandwidth connection.
In Japan, ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/gnu/gnu-win32/ is usually up-to-date.
In DK, http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cygwin/ is usually up-to-date.
If one of the above doesn't have the latest version of this package you can either wait for the site to be updated or find another mirror.
Please send questions or comments to the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing list at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . If you want to subscribe go to: http://cygwin.com/lists.html I would appreciate if you would use this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This includes ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin/XFree86 in general.
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