Very slow to launch cygwin applications

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 10/14/2014 07:16 PM, David Arnstein wrote:
> Most applications, including bash.exe and ssh.exe are slow to launch.
> Problem started approximately two weeks ago. I update cygwin frequently, but
> I am not confident that a cygwin change caused this behavior.
>
> I have attached the output from "cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out".
>
> Any suggestions for debugging this further?

I notice that you have UNC paths in PATH.  That can really slow things down
if they are accessed regularly.  Try pulling those paths out and see if it
makes a difference.


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Larry

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