1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

[James]

Hi there,


I just got that error message, asking me to report it here.

      1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD
pointer.  Please report this problem to the public mailing list
cygwin@cygwin.com

Not sure if it's interesting?


Kind regards,
James

Re: 1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

[cygwinautoreply]

>Hi there,


>I just got that error message, asking me to report it here.

>      1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD
>pointer.  Please report this problem to the public mailing list
>cygwin@cygwin.com

>Not sure if it's interesting?


>Kind regards,
>James


https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings

Re: 1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

[James]

Voila, thanks!

Have a nice weekend ya'all

On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 8:31 AM <cygwinautoreply@sourceware.org> wrote:

> >Hi there,
>
>
> >I just got that error message, asking me to report it here.
>
> >      1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute
> FAST_CWD
> >pointer.  Please report this problem to the public mailing list
> >cygwin@cygwin.com
>
> >Not sure if it's interesting?
>
>
> >Kind regards,
> >James
>
>
> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings
>

Re: 1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

[Backwoods BC]

> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings

I've only been on this list a few months, but I've seen these
"find_fast_cwd" questions about twice a month so far.

Might I suggest that replacing the
"Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com"
message in 'bash' with something like:
"Please visit https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings
for help with this issue"

This removes the need for an autoresponder and is more helpful at the
same time. Users might be reluctant to join the mailing list just to
report this and therefore they may waste their time needlessly trying
to track down the problem.

Re: 1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

[Eliot Moss]

On 4/2/2022 3:37 AM, Backwoods BC wrote:
>> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings
> 
> I've only been on this list a few months, but I've seen these
> "find_fast_cwd" questions about twice a month so far.
> 
> Might I suggest that replacing the
> "Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com"
> message in 'bash' with something like:
> "Please visit https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings
> for help with this issue"
> 
> This removes the need for an autoresponder and is more helpful at the
> same time. Users might be reluctant to join the mailing list just to
> report this and therefore they may waste their time needlessly trying
> to track down the problem.

The message is baked into ancient versions of Cygwin.
I believe the page the auto-responder points them to
indicates the fact that their version is old and should
be updated.  This often happens because someone bundled
Cygwin with something else and is not updating the
Cygwin version.

Modern versions no longer generate the message.

In sum, the auto-responder is the best thing we can do
about it.  At least we don't have to have a human respond.

Best wishes - Eliot Moss

Re: 1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

[Brian Inglis]

On 2022-04-02 01:37, Backwoods BC wrote:
>> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings
> 
> I've only been on this list a few months, but I've seen these
> "find_fast_cwd" questions about twice a month so far.
> 
> Might I suggest that replacing the
> "Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com"
> message in 'bash' with something like:
> "Please visit https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings
> for help with this issue"

This has been done in recent releases for some years, but ancient legacy 
releases without changes are still distributed by/with some products or 
projects, with no effort to upgrade what they distribute, mention of how 
to upgrade, responsibility for or to their users.
Please read the linked FAQ entry for that explanation.
Ancient legacy repos such as SourceForge and GoogleCode are fertile 
sources of such projects as are products from (some not so) defunct 
embedded systems tool developers.

> This removes the need for an autoresponder and is more helpful at the
> same time. Users might be reluctant to join the mailing list just to
> report this and therefore they may waste their time needlessly trying
> to track down the problem.

That was why the autoresponder was added - reply directly to those folks 
and point them to a greatly expanded FAQ entry with relevant links 
explaining the problem and solution, and suggesting other actions.
I don't remember anyone clicking the email link at the end to let us 
know what a product or project was or where it came from, so someone on 
the list could follow up.
And folks wonder why there are software supply chain security issues!

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains
too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.
[Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]

Re: 1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

[James]

Never mind I'd say. I got the error when launching
C:\Appz\Cygwin\Cygwin.bat

Which is just
@echo off

C:
chdir C:\Appz\Cygwin\bin

bash --login -i

If however I run
C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe

It works fine.


On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 8:28 AM James <james.kuypers@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
>
> I just got that error message, asking me to report it here.
>
>       1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute
> FAST_CWD pointer.  Please report this problem to the public mailing list
> cygwin@cygwin.com
>
> Not sure if it's interesting?
>
>
> Kind regards,
> James
>

Re: 1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, James!

> Never mind I'd say. I got the error when launching
> C:\Appz\Cygwin\Cygwin.bat

> Which is just
> @echo off

> C:
> chdir C:\Appz\Cygwin\bin

> bash --login -i

> If however I run
> C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe

> It works fine.

This means you have two different Cygwin versions installed.
If you never use the other one, I strongly suggest removing it, as an unused
and unmaintained program is often a good target for various troublemakers.
And that other version of Cygwin you have IS unmaintained, judging by the
error you receive from it (which was fixed over a decade ago).

> On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 8:28 AM James <james.kuypers@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hi there,
>>
>>
>> I just got that error message, asking me to report it here.
>>
>>       1 [main] bash 17336 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute
>> FAST_CWD pointer.  Please report this problem to the public mailing list
>> cygwin@cygwin.com
>>
>> Not sure if it's interesting?


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Monday, April 4, 2022 10:26:57

Sorry for my terrible english...