title: Cygwin reports “-bash: /usr/bin/svn: Bad address”
body: <p>Upon</p>
  <pre><code>$ svn co http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/jetpack-easy-playlists/ jep/
  </code></pre>
  <p>or</p>
  <pre><code>$ svn --version
  </code></pre>
  <p>I get -bash: <code>/usr/bin/svn: Bad address</code></p>
  <pre><code>$  ls -l /usr/bin/svn
  </code></pre>
  <p>gives me <code>-rwxr-xr-x 1 JFishwick Domain Users 189966 Mar 8 15:52 /usr/bin/svn</code></p>
  <p>I have tried removing /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll and reinstalling base, but with no luck.</p>
  <p>EDIT: Futhermore,</p>
  <pre><code>$ type svn
  svn is /usr/bin/svn
  </code></pre>
  <p>and</p>
  <pre><code>$ which svn
  /usr/bin/svn
  </code></pre>
  <p>and</p>
  <pre><code>$ ldd $(which svn)
          ntdll.dll =&gt; /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/ntdll.dll (0x7c900000)
          kernel32.dll =&gt; /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/kernel32.dll (0x7c800000)
          cygsvn_client-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygsvn_client-1-0.dll (0x6f2c0000)
          cygsvn_ra-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygsvn_ra-1-0.dll (0x620c0000)
          cygsvn_ra_local-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygsvn_ra_local-1-0.dll (0x6b9c0000)
          cygsvn_repos-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygsvn_repos-1-0.dll (0x6b6c0000)
          cygsvn_fs-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygsvn_fs-1-0.dll (0x6e800000)
          cygsvn_fs_base-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygsvn_fs_base-1-0.dll (0x6c780000)
          cygsvn_delta-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygsvn_delta-1-0.dll (0x61bc0000)
          cygsvn_subr-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygsvn_subr-1-0.dll (0x6d680000)
          cygwin1.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll (0x61000000)
          cygz.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygz.dll (0x692c0000)
          cyggcc_s-1.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cyggcc_s-1.dll (0x6bf40000)
          cygapr-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygapr-1-0.dll (0x69f70000)
          cyguuid-1.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cyguuid-1.dll (0x542e0000)
          cygaprutil-1-0.dll =&gt; /usr/bin/cygaprutil-1-0.dll (0x69f50000)
  couldn't open C:\cygwin\bin\svn
  cannot load file
  </code></pre>
  <p>my $PATH:</p>
  <pre><code>$ echo $PATH
  /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/IBM/CLIENT~1:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/IBM/CLIENT~1/Shared:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/IBM/CLIENT~1/Emulator:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Common Files/Lenovo:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/100/Tools/Binn:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/100/DTS/Binn:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/WinSCP:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/QuickTime Alternative/QTSystem:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Google/Google Apps Sync:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Google/Google Apps Migration:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/CVSNT: C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_26/bin:/usr/lib/lapack
  </code></pre>
  <p>vs</p>
  <pre><code>$ $PATH
  -bash: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/IBM/CLIENT~1:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/IBM/CLIENT~1/Shared:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/IBM/CLIENT~1/Emulator:/cygdrive/c/Program: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  <p><a href="https://chat.stackoverflow.com/transcript/10501">Further discussion and fact finding here.</a></p>