Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/10/12/23:05:35
On 12 Oct, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
> Your problem is well known,
Yes, we've started having this problem here, since last week.
I just wanted to check the mailing list before I tried the obvious fix.
So, I can confirm that yes, the cygpath -A -P just hangs, that it can
be run manually from either a bash shell or from a DOS prompt without
hanging, and that the shell script in /usr/X11R6/bin can be run
manually and it won't hang.
I also noticed that /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh is an sh-shell
script, and it calls the /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-bin-icons.sh bash
script.
I also noticed that the latter script has a space between the #! and
the /bin/bash on its first line.
But those things aren't enough to explain the problem; I'd have to say
I'm mystified as to why it's happening.
Knowing the workaround is enough for now. I've just changed our
installation instructions to add a series of manual steps:
When the installation process freezes at 99% saying it is
running /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh, do this:
1) Start a DOS shell.
2) Type:
C:\cygwin\bin\bash
3) Type"
/etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh
4) Type:
ps ax
5) Find the line that shows "cygpath", and get the leftmost number.
6) Type:
kill -9 "that-number"
7) Click back on the Cygwin setup window and wait for it to continue,
completing the installation process.
luke
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