Re: [BUG]: 3.1.4: cmd -> bash -> mintty yields Windows exception

[David Rothenberger <daveroth@acm.org>]

On 2/21/2020 10:33 AM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> Am 21.02.2020 um 18:22 schrieb David Rothenberger:
>> With cygwin 3.1.4, I get an "exception c0000005" when I perform the
>> following actions:
>>
>> 1. Use the Windows run box to start a cmd shell
>> 2. From there, run "bash". (I'm sure it is the Cygwin bash.)
> 
> How did you make sure of that?

Because I know my environment, and because I gave an explicit path to Cygwin's bash when I started it from cmd.

> But let's assume I did actually start Cygwin bash.
> 
>> 3. From there, run "mintty"
> 
> C:\Users\hbbro>\cygwin64\bin\bash
> 
> hbbro@NB5 /cygdrive/c/Users/hbbro
> $ mintty
> bash: mintty: command not found

I have Cygwin's paths in my Windows PATH variable, which is why it works for me. It would probably work for you if you ran "bash -li" from the cmd shell. 

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