X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <469F5866.9010308@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:26:14 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: tetex-tiny installation stuck at texmf.sh References: <97f280ea0707181353r3af4326cn363ae23771b73d10@mail.gmail.com> <20070718211355.GA17624@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <97f280ea0707181439i704417d8x6115ad11ce1cfb4f@mail.gmail.com> <469ED0E5.6020702@cygwin.com> <97f280ea0707182352o4b09dd54y4d80efd0f9f4945f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <97f280ea0707182352o4b09dd54y4d80efd0f9f4945f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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 Amir E. Aharoni wrote: >> Don't be so quick to stop a postinstall script. Several minutes is not >> too long to wait for some packages. > > It was not several minutes - it was many many minutes. Half an hour maybe. Still not necessarily long enough in general, though this may not be your issue here. > I already succeeded at installing LyX on other, much slower computer. > It was the same version of Setup.exe. The only difference was that > they ran on XP. Sounds like you're caught by Vista. Try turning off UAC. >> But I >> did notice you have miktex installed as well. > > How do you see it? What is the name of the package? Sorry, old data. Since I had to save off your cygcheck.out, rather than just like MIME types handle converting it and presenting it to me in-line, I somehow ended up looking at the cygcheck.out of the last person who forced me to do the same thing. ;-) > I didn't install it myself - it must be a dependency of something. > > The report i attached is from a clean install. After failing to > install LyX for several times i wiped everything and reinstalled the > packages i need, without LyX or TeX. If any TeX-related package got > there anyway, it must be a dependency. > > How can i see a list of a package's dependencies? (I couldn't find in > the FAQ.) Look at your cygcheck output. -- 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/