From: L A Walsh <cygwin@tlinx.org>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Please add /cygdrive/c/Windows/Sysnative to the default PATH
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:58:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5FBC68D7.3040700@tlinx.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <rp1n3r$2ut$1@ciao.gmane.io>
On 2020/11/17 15:41, tealhill via Cygwin wrote:
> ### Summary
> Why should Cygwin add Sysnative to $PATH? As a workaround for
> Microsoft's failure to add Sysnative to %PATH%.
>
> ### Full explanation
>
> Cygwin imports the Windows %PATH% variable at startup.
>
> It would be ideal if Microsoft would add Sysnative to the default
> Windows %PATH%. Such a change would help Cygwin users and others. But
> I doubt that Microsoft will make this change.
>
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Adding sysnative, **incorrectly** would add 64-bit applications to
a 32-bit path. You are asking a non-windows environment, Cygwin, that in
order to be POSIX compatible, it should add a windows path? Name ONE other
unix or posix platform that does this by default.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-24 1:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-17 19:54 tealhill
2020-11-17 21:23 ` Thomas Wolff
2020-11-17 23:41 ` tealhill
2020-11-18 15:21 ` Bill Stewart
2020-11-18 15:45 ` Achim Gratz
2020-11-19 9:15 ` Andrey Repin
2020-11-19 15:57 ` Brian Inglis
2020-11-24 7:24 ` Thomas Wolff
2020-11-24 14:52 ` Bill Stewart
2020-11-24 15:10 ` Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
2020-11-24 21:06 ` Brian Inglis
2020-11-24 1:58 ` L A Walsh [this message]
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