X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <462D4611.6090407@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:49:37 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070308 Fedora/1.5.0.10-2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.10 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Setup.exe Problems on Vista References: <462B002F.A1E27066@dessent.net> <462C0C88.F09E959B@dessent.net> <006801c785fe$e9e058d0$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Michael D. Adams wrote: > On 4/23/07, Dave Korn wrote: >> On 24 April 2007 00:19, Michael D. Adams wrote: >> > On 4/22/07, Brian Dessent wrote: >> >>>> The workaround for this problem that I have found is to set the >> >>>> *Windows* path to include C:\cygwin\bin before running >> setup.exe. So >> >>>> for example this sequence works: >> >>>> >> >>>> set PATH=C:\cygwin\bin;%PATH% >> >>>> setup.exe >> >> Just now I installed Vista under VMware to try installing Cygwin. It >> >> worked fine using the latest version of setup.exe. I did not have to >> >> disable UAC but it did prompt me to run as Administrator (which it >> does >> >> for any executable named setup.exe IIRC.) Postinstall scripts all ran >> >> fine, sh.exe was there and there was no need to put \cygwin\bin in the >> >> PATH manually. >> > >> > I tried a fresh install of cygwin (after stashing away the old version >> > (with move, but I skipped the unmoust since I use the default mounts >> > anyway)) with setup.exe version 2.562 (from the snapshots). Oddly, >> > while sh.exe is now being created and the prompt is the colored one >> > that Cygwin usually sets, /etc/passwd is not being created. I am >> > uncertain whether this is the same bug manifested in a new way or if >> > it might be a new bug. (Obligatory grumble about Vista being a pain.) >> > >> > Did you check your /etc/passwd? I only noticed it b/c when I started >> > the shell my home directory was set to C:\Users\ instead of >> > C:\cygwin\home\. (C:\Users is Vista's version of what in XP >> > is C:\Documents and Settings.) >> >> What's going on here could be related to security changes in the way >> Vista >> handles dll and executable search paths, perhaps, but that's fairly >> speculative. >> >> Which reminds me. Isn't it about time this conversation had some >> input from >> cygcheck on the various systems involved? > > Do you just want a 'cygcheck -c' or is there another option you'd like > the output from? 'cygcheck -srv', attached, not included, please. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/