Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/06/15/22:57:28
I just did an full install (everything) with the
latest cygwin.exe (1.5.17-1) and it worked fine.
Seems like the update to mhash 0.9.2-1 worked just
fine.
Thanks for the help.
Robert
--- Reini Urban <rurban AT x-ray DOT at> wrote:
> Robert schrieb:
> > It looks as though mhash is causing the problem.
> I
> > did another full install and unselected mhash and
> it
> > installed just fine. I did this test with a 2
> month
> > old release of setup.exe and the latest. I will
> have
> > to test the different packages to see if there is
> > anything that is malfunctioning.
>
> which setup.exe version? cygcheck? We are not
> interested in kernel32
> dumps without any useful info.
>
> mhash causing setup to crash is quite interesting,
> because it's a tiny
> package without any dependencies and just a few
> files. And I cannot
> reproduce it.
>
> /usr/bin/cygmhash-2.dll
> /usr/include/mhash.h
> /usr/lib/libmhash.a
> /usr/lib/libmhash.dll.a
> /usr/lib/libmhash.la
> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/mhash-0.9.1.README
> /usr/share/doc/mhash-0.9.1/AUTHORS
> /usr/share/doc/mhash-0.9.1/ChangeLog
> /usr/share/doc/mhash-0.9.1/COPYING
> /usr/share/doc/mhash-0.9.1/INSTALL
> /usr/share/doc/mhash-0.9.1/NEWS
> /usr/share/doc/mhash-0.9.1/README
> /usr/share/doc/mhash-0.9.1/THANKS
> /usr/share/doc/mhash-0.9.1/TODO
> /usr/share/man/man3/mhash.3.gz
>
> The mentioned /usr/share/mc/syntax/xml.syntax is
> from mc, the next
> package in your list probably, and not from mhash.
>
http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=mc%2Fmc-4.6.1-1&grep=xml.syntax
>
> I got setup to hang (not to crash as you reported)
> when the ACL (file
> permissions) forbid to write, but then setup just
> waits forever until
> the perms are fixed (or not).
>
> But maybe mingw or mhash-devel, the next packages in
> setup.ini, and
> which both are empty, might setup crash.
>
> >>I do seem to have finally gotten my old install
> back
> >>into a usable state by using an older version of
> >> setup.exe.
> >
> >>It prompted several times that there is a newer
> >>version and had a few missing-dll dialog boxes but
> >>at least now I am back to where I started.
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> >>[mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> >>Of Mike Marchywka
> >>Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 5:59 AM
> >>To: Robert; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> >>Subject: RE: error during install
> >>
> >>
> >>This sounds similar to a problem I've had with
> both
> >
> > a clean
> >
> >>install and an attempt
> >>to update a working install. I keep trying to get
> >
> > cygiconv-2
> >
> >>to load by playing with
> >>the setup install options. I think I could make
> this
> >
> > work but
> >
> >>sometimes default+install
> >>UNINSTALLS stuff making this approach unworkable-
> I
> >
> > can get
> >
> >>cygwin to run but
> >>it can't find sed. When I request the addtional
> >
> > stuff that
> >
> >>includes sed, someone
> >>feels the need to delete the stuff I installed to
> >
> > get that
> >
> >>much to work.
> >>Eventually setup dies and then I can't even get
> bash
> >
> > ( someone deleted
> >
> >>bash.exe even though I simply requested additional
> >
> > packages).
> >
> >>What changed in the last few months? I've made
> >
> > several
> >
> >>installs and never had
> >>this kind of problem. I thought I could just add
> >
> > things
> >
> >>without uninstalling
> >>parts of bash.
> >>
> >>
> >>ISN'T IT POSSIBLE TO LOAD CYGWIN WITHOUT HAVING TO
> >
> > GO THROUGH A GUI?
> >
> >>THIS SETUP MENU SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS.
> >>
> >>THANKS.
> >>
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> >>>[mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> >>>Of Robert
> >>>Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:15 AM
> >>>To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> >>>Subject: error during install
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Installing from local directory (doing an all
> >
> > install)
> >
> >>>it errors out at 43%, mhash is being
> >>>installed at the time. It creates an appcompat
> >
> > error
> >
> >>>file in the temp directory which is
> >>>deleted as soon as I say ok or close out the
> error
> >>>messages, this file is listed at the end of this.
> >>>At the time of error message in the setup.exe
> >
> > window
> >
> >>>it is
> >>>installing mhash-0.9.1-1 and the specific file
> >
> > being
> >
> >>>installed is /usr/share/mc/syntax/xml.syntax
> >>>I try to reinstall without deleting the c:\cygwin
> >>>folder and I get the same thing. If I try to
> >
> > delete
> >
> >>>c:\cygwin then I have several files that are not
> >>>allowing me to delete them within the cygwin
> >>>directory.
> >>>I had an XP SP2 system crash that had this full
> >>>install working perfectly. I reinstalled
> >
> > everything
> >
> >>>from scratch, XP then SP2 and all Windows
> updates.
> >
> > I
> >
> >>>have also edited the boot.ini with adding the
> flag
> >>>/NoExecute=AlwaysOff and still issues.
> >>>Is there anyway to resolve this?
> >>>Thanks
> >>>Robert
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>appcompat.txt file output:
> >>><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
> >>><DATABASE>
> >>><EXE NAME="setup.exe"
> >
>
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