Index: .travis.yml
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diff -u -N -rfffcee32ce6d0ff4f781c8980abb73680ce619a8 -r6c876e33944223841ff08978917d040b207ff657
--- .travis.yml	(.../.travis.yml)	(revision fffcee32ce6d0ff4f781c8980abb73680ce619a8)
+++ .travis.yml	(.../.travis.yml)	(revision 6c876e33944223841ff08978917d040b207ff657)
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
    - TCLTAG=core-8-5-19
    - TCLTAG=core-8-7-a1	
    - TCLTAG=core-8-branch
+   
+before_install:
+- if echo "$TRAVIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE" | grep -F -q "[skip travis]" ; then echo "[skip travis] has been found, exiting" && exit 0 ; else echo "[skip travis] has not been found, continuing" ; fi
+
 install:
   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = linux ]; then
        wget http://kitcreator.rkeene.org/kits/840dec4286102c869d85bae3b0dcd32565e7bf12/tclkit; else
Index: appveyor.yml
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diff -u -N -r65c4d97a0484ebf73fffc512c4ea08022ad03d12 -r6c876e33944223841ff08978917d040b207ff657
--- appveyor.yml	(.../appveyor.yml)	(revision 65c4d97a0484ebf73fffc512c4ea08022ad03d12)
+++ appveyor.yml	(.../appveyor.yml)	(revision 6c876e33944223841ff08978917d040b207ff657)
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
   - set CHERE_INVOKING=1
   # - set PATH=%CD%\%MINGW_DIR%\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
   - set PATH=C:\msys64\mingw64\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
-  - bash -lc "echo \"export PATH=/c/msys64/mingw64/bin:$PATH\" >> ~/.bash_profile"
-  # - pacman -S --noconfirm --needed make
+  - bash -lc "echo \"export PATH=/c/msys64/mingw64/bin:\$PATH\" >> ~/.bash_profile"
 
 build_script:
   - tclkit.exe apps/build.tcl %CD% %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER% %TCLTAG%