Re: Cygwin and 1.8

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Nigel Warner writes:

>>Could you try removing the `ash' package; or make sure that /bin/sh is
>>really /bin/bash?
>
>       echo $SHELL gives me /bin/bash

That may be so, but has nothing to do with what /bin/sh is.  Python
uses /bin/sh as interpreter for system commands, and only bash can
handle redirection to stdout/stderr

>       removing the ash shell gives me a bad interpreter error which is odd.

That is probably because /bin/sh is gone.  Copy /bin/bash[.exe] to
/bin/sh[.exe]

Jan.

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