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Re: Mo Dejong's install problems
On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 05:45:00PM -0800, Mo DeJong wrote:
>I realize that there are ways to work around the problem, like adding
>the entries to the PATH in the autoexec.bat file, but Cygwin needs to
>install and work "out of the box". Changing the PATH in the
>autoexec.bat file or the system settings on NT should be avoided if at
>all possible.
I don't know why Cygwin would be different from every other Windows
program in this regard.
There are established procedures for modifying the PATH. I don't see
why a Cygwin installer should avoid using them.
cgf