From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from resdmta-h1p-028598.sys.comcast.net (resdmta-h1p-028598.sys.comcast.net [IPv6:2001:558:fd02:2446::e]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 914C73858D20 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 06:30:00 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 914C73858D20 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=raelity.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=raelity.com Received: from resomta-h1p-028517.sys.comcast.net ([96.102.179.206]) by resdmta-h1p-028598.sys.comcast.net with ESMTP id HgCOnyRKtuwhkHgUInx7Ei; Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:29:58 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcastmailservice.net; s=20211018a; t=1644388198; bh=h5b488oTqeIoR5ItTdNdPmYl5uZRhczGGwu81IZEe34=; h=Received:Received:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:From: Content-Type; b=dnPCzi6sFR1NLv/dpHuOtefWkd80R2QjTOQlvH5Fw9w97aACr+h1Dnv/47ctbBeHa Lu4uPZL53PyXU/5o8m6ERZlEYXx7BBz8nAg1TeP2eGsTkJSk8IRXCF1sFO4r/1aYx1 rbLUVfAzLCK5pQ+MGQa7J1Fwr2qj2aoTaStruxF0zWHZI6hEu3BCMysRIyXOQWKnZe GNgO6bW3H89cHaEk16QMz9ZvxqU8jdotuZbBINUtSL1SkPQQ2fQUuqK+5/TRl9QJ9p qp0VBrzs5UVdXtaUlgxIrJ76aad9LIgsbZ/s8e+YUrUsg9SjaGlha9CJxaTLI9sBgN TLfJHuiurknDA== Received: from [192.168.1.20] ([174.62.124.225]) by resomta-h1p-028517.sys.comcast.net with ESMTPSA id HgU9nBUnQxGVgHgUAnDd2n; Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:29:51 +0000 X-Xfinity-VAAS: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvvddrheekgdelfecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucevohhmtggrshhtqdftvghsihdpqfgfvfdppffquffrtefokffrnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecunecujfgurhepkfffgggfuffvfhfhjggtgfesthejredttdefjeenucfhrhhomhepgfhrnhhivgcutfgrvghluceovghrrhesrhgrvghlihhthidrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepleejgefhieegteeuudetgeffgeehudehtdekffdtudffkefhjeffhefgtdejteejnecukfhppedujeegrdeivddruddvgedrvddvheenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegludelvddrudeikedruddrvddtngdpihhnvghtpedujeegrdeivddruddvgedrvddvhedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegvrhhrsehrrggvlhhithihrdgtohhmpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtoheptgihghifihhnsegthihgfihinhdrtghomh X-Xfinity-VMeta: sc=0.00;st=legit Message-ID: <73a0f2a6-750b-4464-a6b2-d813969b5a45@raelity.com> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 22:29:49 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.5.0 Subject: Re: Bug Report Content-Language: en-US To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <337301d81d37$7afda680$70f8f380$@gmail.com> From: Ernie Rael In-Reply-To: <337301d81d37$7afda680$70f8f380$@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:30:02 -0000 On 2/8/22 2:01 PM, julie77793@gmail.com wrote: > Cygwin doesn't create an environment variable in bash to indicate that the > platform is Cygwin under Windows. > > This causes compatibility problems when running various tools. Most of my > issues have been with Python tools running Windows Python. > > I have been addressing this issue by grepping PATH for cygdrive which > doesn't seem like a very good approach. > > Both msys2 and mingw solve this issue by setting the MSYSTEM environment > variable which lets tools check that OS=Windows_NT and MSYSTEM=MSYS > > Please add some way of identifying that programs are running under Cygwin. > And of course there's $ uname -o Cygwin -ernie