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is the MinGW version.
</p>
+ <p>
+ Bear in mind that within the "/etc/profile" file, Cygwin by default places
+ "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/bin", and "/bin" ahead of your system-level PATH. Therefore,
+ it is not enough to have the MinGW's "/bin" ahead of Cygwin in your Windows
+ path... it must also be set to come first within the Cygwin environment (either
+ by modifying "/etc/profile" or setting it manually).
+ </p>
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