[MLton-devel] Re: [MLton-user] Installation of MLton under Cygwin

[Stephen Weeks]

> Administrator /cygdrive/d
> $ $PATH
> bash: 
> .:/cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin:/cygdrive/d/cygwin/usr/bin:/cygdrive/d/ghc/ghc-5.
> 02/bin:/cygdrive/d/ghc/GreenCard:/cygdrive/d/emacs-21.1\bin:/cygdrive/d/usr/loca
> l/bin:/cygdrive/d/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/d/WINNT:/cygdrive/d/WINNT/System32/Wb

Hmmm, my path is certainly more normal looking.

% echo $PATH
/home/sweeks/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/home/sweeks/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT

> Here is a clue:
> If the CWD is "x" and I ask of Cygwin (latest version from ANL),

Sorry, what's ANL?

> "ls x," where "x" does not have a proper initial string of "/cygdrive/d,"
> then Cygwin replies "No such file or directory exists." 

Do you really mean to imply that this weirdness only happens if you do
"ls x" with CWD "x"?  That is, does "ls y" work, for some y not equal
to x?  E.g. "ls /usr/local" with CWD "/usr"?

> I reinstalled Cygwin shortly before installing MLton because I
> thought Cygwin's behavior was strange in regard to "ls." This Cygwin
> was a fresh download, too.

I don't see any of this ls weirdness with my system.  Did you install
with their setup.exe program?  I'd recommend doing that.  I
experienced lots of problems (with stuff other than MLton) when I
tried a nonstandard setup of Cygwin.  Once I reinstalled using
setup.exe with all their defaults, including putting Cygwin in
C:\cygwin, the problems went away.

BTW, do you mind if I forward our messages back to MLton-user so that
they are archived?

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