Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/01/04/13:41:12
On 1/4/06, Nik Martin <nik.martin+cygwin AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> On 1/4/06, Eric Vlach <eric AT vlach DOT us> wrote:
> > Igor,
> >
> > Earlier I was using setup.exe version 2.510.2.2. I updated and tried both
> > version 2.521 and 2.523, with no success. I use "Direct Connection," not IE5
> > settings. Are you able to repeat my error on your system?
> >
>
> I just tried to add a package using the latest cygwin setup, and also
> get the exact same error message "(null) line 10196: syntax error,
> unexpected $undefined,
> expecting STRING." I had just run setup 10 minutes earlier to get X,
> and it worked fine. I use firefox, and dont cache any files.
>
FYI, line 10196 has the text:
@ ~netbpm
>
>
> > Here is a detailed explanation of what I was doing:
> > I bought a new computer and need to install cygwin from scratch. The first
> > time I ran the setup.exe, everything worked fine, and I spent about 10
> > minutes going through all the modules, copying my old configuration. When I
> > finally had all that I wanted, I hit "next." an error came up telling me the
> > connection was lost. From then on, every attempt to load setup.bz2 gave me
> > the "...unexpected $undefined..." error. The weird thing is that on my old
> > computer and my co-workers computer, both having a working version of
> > cygwin, the same problem occurs.
> >
> > Attatched is setup.log.full (not very helpful, but maybe you can find a
> > hint?)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Eric Vlach wrote:
> > >
> > >> At 8:30am PST, setup worked fine. Then at 8:50am PST, the following
> > >> error occured, and has been occuring ever since:
> > >>
> > >> Cygwin's setup.exe (using a copy downloaded 1/4/2005, 9:20am) fails to
> > >> load the setup file. After selecting a mirror, it downloads the
> > >> setup.bz2 file, and upon reading it encounters an error. Message box
> > >> pops up with: "(null) line 10196: syntax error, unexpected $undefined,
> > >> expecting STRING."
> > >>
> > >> I tried this with a dozen different mirrors, as well as on two other
> > >> computers, with no success. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Try the latest setup snapshot: <http://cygwin.com/setup/snapshots/>.
> > > Also, did you use "IE5 settings" for your connection? If so, try clearing
> > > the IE cache -- you may be using a stale version of setup.bz2.
> > >
> > > If this doesn't help, please post the content of /var/log/setup.log.full.
> > > HTH,
> > > Igor
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