Takashi Yano via Cygwin writes: >> 1. Rename /usr/share/locale to something else, like local.bak. >> 2. Start mintty in the usual way. >> 3. Rename the directory from step 1 back to /usr/share/local. >> 4. Work just like the problem never existed either in the shell running >> inside the mintty or even start a new mintty. > > I guess renaming /usr/share/locale/locale.alias is enough.
I've had some time to look into this problem again after having updated Cygwin to the latest and greatest. Indeed, when /usr/share/locale/locale.alias gets renamed, the problem also goes away. This is great because I don't really need the locale aliases for anything. Btw, my laptop got upgraded to Win10 1909 (Enterprise) in the meantime, so the issue isn't specific to 1803 as was supected earlier. I then tried to figure out what exactly causes the problem and it turns out that it's the _presence_ of this file with the additional condition that it must not be owned by the user starting the mintty/shell. Since I install Cygwin on my work laptop with a different (admin) account and not my (non-admin) user account, that explains why I am seeing the problem there and not on other machines. Before you are going to suggest that it's the admin vs. non-admin rights: no, if I create a locale.alias with my user account (either as an empty file or a copy of the backup file), then the admin account is unable to start a shell in mintty successfully. I have no idea why the ownership of a file that onnly should get read (and is readable by everyone) would have the effect I'm seeing, but maybe that gives the clue on where to look for a fix. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Waldorf MIDI Implementation & additional documentation: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfDocs -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
