----Original Message----
>From: Doug Lee
>Sent: 26 August 2005 15:42
> Cygwin (full install) did NOT create an sh executable or link, though
> I got at least bash and tcsh. The following Cygwin command fixed the
> `cvs release' problem:
>
> ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh
That was a bug in the cygwin bash package. It only existed for a couple
of days late last month (or was it early this month?); you must have been
unlucky and installed cygwin at just that time. The problem was related to
a decision to switch over cygwin's default /bin/sh from being ash to being
bash; it was meant to delete the old /bin/sh and create the symlink that you
did manually, but owing to a bug it only deleted the old /bin/sh and didn't
correctly make the symlink.
> Remaining question: Should this have been necessary??
You could have solved this by re-running cygwin setup and reinstalling the
bash package, or by manually re-running the postinstall script, or (as you
in fact did) manually creating the symlink; your fix is correct, and you
should have no further problems.
cheers,
DaveK
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