Cygwin alongside WSL

[Thomas Wolff]

Am 25.10.2017 um 19:27 schrieb Brian Inglis:
> On 2017-10-25 00:29, Thomas Wolff wrote:
>> Am 25.10.2017 um 00:19 schrieb Angelo Graziosi:
>>> Thomas Wolff wrote:
>>>> Mintty 2.8.0 simplifies WSL integration a lot.
>>>> In Cygwin, you can simply start e.g. mintty --WSL=Ubuntu (add -~ to start in the WSL home).
>>> Does it mean that 2.8.0 does not need wslbridge [*] any more?
>> No, sorry, I forgot to mention that wslbridge would have to be installed in /bin to make this work.
> As it is not a Cygwin package, I have installed wslbridge in /usr/local/bin/,
> which is in the system Path in Windows format, so also in the Cygwin path in
> Unix format - will this work?
No, sorry again. Mintty assumes /bin/wslbridge as a fixed location. A 
cygwin package for wslbridge would be good, on this occasion. Or simply 
copy it there.
Thomas

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