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Eric Blake wrote:
> [reviving an old thread, relevant to today's current bash postinstall
> failures]
> ...
> I'm building a new bash package now that should fix all this mess, by
> using the same means as 000-cygwin-post-install.sh to populate necessary
> entries into /dev.

Splendid!   Just for the record, I noticed this over a year ago:
  http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-07/msg00944.html

So, proof that we don't need a bug tracker - mailing lists work fine!

The change to check postinstall exit codes is likely to throw up
a few more buglets yet, but looks like it will be well worth
the pain.

[Now, I'm just waiting for something completely different:
  http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-12/msg00298.html ]

-- Cliff




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