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Re: why must cygwin be first in path?


Several people have suggested that it might be related to having network
devices in the PATH.  Good suggestion, but it is not the case.  I don't have
any network devices in PATH.

Steve

At 11:46 AM 2/3/00 , you wrote:
>The only way I have found to get GNU Make to execute properly from the NT
>Command Shell is to put the cygwin directory first in the PATH variable.
>Otherwise, 'make.exe' has that strange delay (about 3 seconds) I mentioned
a
>while back.  Does this give anyone a clue as to why there is a delay at
all?
>
>As a refresher, the delay only occurs if it has been at least 10 seconds
>since the last delay commenced.
>
>Steve
>


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