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Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:14:50 -0400
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Installing Cygwin problem??
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On 07/17/2014 08:10 PM, David Masterson wrote:
> I attempted to reinstall Cygwin on my system.  The reinstall kept
> seeming to get locked up.  So, after downloading all of Cygwin to a
> local directory, I moved the install directory out of the way and tried
> to install from (I guess) scratch.  Cygwin seemed to always get stuck in
> the man-db.sh script during the post-install process.  I'm not sure if
> the process was conflicting with the McAfee virus scanner.  I was
> finally able to kill the man-db.sh script after ~12 hours of running and
> the installer seemed to go on and finish the installation.  I'm not
> sure, though, what the state of the install is.
>
> 1. Is this a known problem?

Yes, it has been discussed recently on the list.

> 2. Can I rerun the postinstall/man-db.sh script by hand?  If so, how?

You can.  Just run it from bash.

> 3. Or is there a script that I could run instead?

No, man-db.sh is the right script if you're looking to get all the
indexing that man-db prefers.


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Larry

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