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Re: Unable to release - why? - SOLVED
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Doug Lee |
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Re: Unable to release - why? - SOLVED |
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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:13:03 -0400 |
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On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:56:52AM -0400, Larry Jones wrote:
> Doug Lee writes:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Remaining question: Should this have been necessary??
>
> That depends on your perspective. :-)
>
> popen is specifically defined as running sh, so you need *some* /bin/sh.
> The cygwin version seems to be ash, but bash should be acceptable. I
> would have thought that a full install should have included ash.
It does, but not a link to it named /bin/sh, so popen didn't find it.
I relinked /bin/sh to /bin/ash as a result of your message; I'd never
noticed ash before.
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- Re: Unable to release - why?, (continued)
- Re: Unable to release - why?, Doug Lee, 2005/08/26
- Re: Unable to release - why? - SOLVED, Doug Lee, 2005/08/26
- Re: Unable to release - why? - SOLVED, Larry Jones, 2005/08/26
- Re: Unable to release - why? - SOLVED,
Doug Lee <=
- RE: Unable to release - why? - SOLVED, Dave Korn, 2005/08/26
- Re: Unable to release - why?, Larry Jones, 2005/08/26