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Date:	Wed, 29 May 2013 18:43:54 -0400
From:	Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm>
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Subject:	Attn: Yaakov [Was: Re: cygutils Postinstall Script Errors With Exit Code 128]
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On 5/29/2013 11:47 AM, Reini Urban wrote:
> I got the cygutils postinstall error also, caused by missing dependencies.
>
> $ cat /etc/postinstall/cygutils.sh
> /usr/bin/update-desktop-database
> /usr/bin/update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
>
> both scripts do not exist, and are no cygutils reqs.
> please test against it.
> like:
> test -f /usr/bin/update-desktop-database && /usr/bin/update-desktop-database
> test -f /usr/bin/update-mime-database && /usr/bin/update-mime-database
> /usr/share/mime
>

Known issue, waiting for cygport fix.  cygutils relies on cygport 
auto-generating the postinstall scripts which invoke those tools. 
Cygport does this because the install package contains the following two 
files:

/usr/share/applications/cygstart.desktop
/usr/share/mime/packages/cygutils.xml

...and it generates the postinstall script unconditionally (e.g. I can't 
turn it off) and the generated postinstall scripts themselves call the 
tools unconditionally.  Cygport also automatically adds the packages 
which contain those tools to the requires: field of the setup.hint, 
so...under normal circumstances, everything should be fine.

However, at user request I've manually removed the requires: line, 
because the addition of these two files to the cygutils package 
shouldn't have the effect of pulling *PERL* into the Base category. I 
assumed we'd live with the semi-brokenness for a few days, until...

...I'm waiting for Yaakov to say whether this should be "fixed" in 
cygport [1], or if I should override all the auto-generation stuff by 
manually creating an explicit postinstall script (with suitable tool 
existence checks) and setup.hint.

[1] arguably, cygport is doing the right thing: (1) ensuring that the 
tools are called to install the two files, and (2) ensuring that the 
packages which contain those tools are listed in the requires: line. So, 
I'm not sure what the "correct" fix should be, and am waiting for 
Yaakov's input.


See: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-05/msg00211.html

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Chuck


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