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Re: cygwin 1.5 installed using legacy-setup.exe not working


On 6/4/2010 7:57 AM, prakash babu wrote:
Since Cygwin 1.7 does not support MS-DOS style paths for chmod , I installed
cygwin 1.5 using legacy-setup.exe

The flaw in this logic is the assumption that Cygwin 1.5 supports MS-DOS style paths 'for chmod'. It may handle things a little differently but the truth is that Cygwin has always only fully supported POSIX-style paths. So while MS-DOS style paths may work reasonably well in many situations, it doesn't mean that they are without limitations.

The installation went fine but the C:\\cygwin\\bin has only two binaryies
ash.exe and cygrunsrv.exe. Also the Cygwin.bat exits immediately after
invoking

Is there any document available for installing cygwin 1.5 and setting up ssh
in it.

The install procedure is no different really than for 1.7. This could be the result of BLODA or a rogue cygwin1.dll or it's perhaps even the result of you installing 1.5 after installing 1.7 (depending on the installer you used to do this, whether you were replacing 1.7 or trying to set both up side by side, etc.) It's not clear from the information you've given so far. Of course, all that said, 1.5 is no longer supported so if it doesn't work well for you, you're really venturing into no-mans-land. [cue ominous music]

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