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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:20:47 -0800
From: Geoffrey Noer <noer AT cygnus DOT com>
To: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: cygwin PATH reorg?
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In-Reply-To: <19991119134736.A17795@cygnus.com>; from Chris Faylor on Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 01:47:36PM -0500

On Fri, Nov 19, 1999, Chris Faylor wrote:
>
> Given the number of problems that seem to crop up with people on the
> cygwin mailing list, I was wondering if it made sense to have cygwin
> probe the path list looking for the directory which is essentially
> "/bin" and put this directory first in the PATH.

This doesn't sound like a good idea to me.  Somewhat hidden cleverness
is really dangerous.  Could better documentation possibly accomplish
the same goals?  Dunno, but I would think that would be preferable.

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Geoffrey Noer		Email: noer AT cygnus DOT com
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