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On 2023-10-21 04:52, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
> Should have added: the file /var/log/setup.log shows no detail beyond
> 2023/10/21 09:29:46 running: G:\console64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh"
> 2023/10/21 09:29:49 abnormal exit: exit code=3
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I made a new installation of Cygwin 64 on a new USB stick, including the package xinit.
> (I use setup -P followed by a longish but far from complete list of required packages ..,..,xinit,..,..) At this first use of setup I got a single error message:
>        Package: _/xinit xinit.sh exit code 3 At 2nd and all subsequent uses of setup (i.e. as update) I get the slightly altered error message:
>        Package: _/Unknown package xinit.sh exit code 3 In practice, any usage of xinit (e.g. to launch xterm) seems to work perfectly well, but the repeated error message at any update transaction (including when empty) is disconcerting.
> I have not tried an explicit command "bash (or dash) /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" as - even if this worked - I would prefer to canvass opinion on this minor glitch.
> All the same - the glitch is recent, despite being minor .. ..

What filesystem is the drive formatted as: NTFS, ExFAT, FAT32, or other?

Try rerunning the xinit postinstall script as follows and report the failing 
command(s) and error messages:

	$ CYGWINFORALL=-A /bin/sh -vx /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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