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Date:	Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:31:13 +0100
From:	Dan Hatton <dan DOT hatton AT btinternet DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script
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Having originally found this problem with Setup 2.358 under Windows
2000, I've now reproduced it with Setup 2.364 under Windows XP, and on
a total of 3 independent machines.  And it's still happening as of
last night.

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Dan Hatton wrote:

> I've been trying to update my cygwin packages since yesterday
> afternoon, and have found that setup.exe repeatably gets to 99%
> complete, then hangs.  On one occasion, the hang lasted for over 18
> hours.
>
> Setup claims to be trying to run a script called
> /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh, which is a symlink to
> /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-bin-icons.sh.
>
> After cancelling setup, I can still run Cygwin and XFree86 (phew.)
>
> Any ideas, please?

-- 
Thanks

Dan

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