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Subject:	problems installing cygwin on vista
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In the past, I have installed cygwin on several Windows XP
systems with no problems.

However, I am encountering severe problems installing
cygwin on vista.
The installation process stalls quietly during the postinstall
phase at
/etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh

The only way to end the process is to 'cancel'.
No home diretory is created, no icons.

In principal, the
/var/log/setup.log.full
file should reveal what's going wrong.
Towards the end, this file contains repeatedly
statements of the following nature:

2007/10/25 09:38:53 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c 
/etc/postinstall/email.sh
/usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/francesca/.bashrc: Bad address
sed: can't read /etc/passwd: No such file or directory
2007/10/25 09:38:56 abnormal exit: exit code=2
2007/10/25 09:38:56 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c 
/etc/postinstall/enscript.sh
/usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/francesca/.bashrc: Bad address
2007/10/25 09:38:56 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c 
/etc/postinstall/exim.sh
/usr/bin/bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/francesca/.bashrc: Bad address
sed: can't read /etc/passwd: No such file or directory
2007/10/25 09:38:57 abnormal exit: exit code=2

To a knowledgeable person this may provide an indication
of what's wrong.

I greatly appreciate any advice.

Thank you,

Rup

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Ruprecht `Rupert' Machleidt
Department of Physics                   Phone: 208-885-6380
Engineerin/Physics Building 327         FAX: 208-885-4055
University of Idaho                     e-mail: machleid AT uidaho DOT edu
Moscow, ID 83844-0903
U. S. A.
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