Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/04/23/19:19:48
On 4/22/07, Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net> wrote:
> Brian Dessent wrote:
>
> > > The workaround for this problem that I have found is to set the
> > > *Windows* path to include C:\cygwin\bin before running setup.exe. So
> > > for example this sequence works:
> > >
> > > set PATH=C:\cygwin\bin;%PATH%
> > > setup.exe
> > >
> > > Then /bin/sh is actually created, the prompt is the usual Cygwin settings, etc.
> > > Of course the proper solution would be to find and fix the root cause.
> > > Is this a known bug? Is there any other info I can provide to help
> > > find the root cause? (I'm suspicious that Vista might not allow the
> > > program to set PATH.)
> >
> > That would be pretty brain dead if Vista did not allow programs to
> > modify the PATH. That would cause about a million failures in Cygwin
> > and various programs.
> >
> > > OS: Vista Home Premium
> > > Setup.exe Version: 2.510.2.2 (run without administraitor permission)
> >
> > Please try the latest setup.exe snapshot, if you can. And even better
> > would be to debug the problem. I don't have access to a Vista system
> > but if I did I think I would start by running it under gdb/insight and
> > putting a breakpoint at script.cc:run() right before CreateProcess and
> > check the environment. Or create a test package with a postinstall that
> > just runs "env > /tmp/foo" or "sleep 1h" or something so that you can
> > inspect the environment.
>
> Just now I installed Vista under VMware to try installing Cygwin. It
> worked fine using the latest version of setup.exe. I did not have to
> disable UAC but it did prompt me to run as Administrator (which it does
> for any executable named setup.exe IIRC.) Postinstall scripts all ran
> fine, sh.exe was there and there was no need to put \cygwin\bin in the
> PATH manually.
I tried a fresh install of cygwin (after stashing away the old version
(with move, but I skipped the unmoust since I use the default mounts
anyway)) with setup.exe version 2.562 (from the snapshots). Oddly,
while sh.exe is now being created and the prompt is the colored one
that Cygwin usually sets, /etc/passwd is not being created. I am
uncertain whether this is the same bug manifested in a new way or if
it might be a new bug. (Obligatory grumble about Vista being a pain.)
Did you check your /etc/passwd? I only noticed it b/c when I started
the shell my home directory was set to C:\Users\<my_user> instead of
C:\cygwin\home\<my_user>. (C:\Users is Vista's version of what in XP
is C:\Documents and Settings.)
Michael D. Adams
mdmkolbe AT gmail DOT com
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