Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:11:05 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: setup v2.573.2.3: Postinstall: "abnormal exit: exit code=126"
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On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 04:59:01PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
> | Thanks for the report.  That stems from writing a self-contained
> | postinstall script, but then cygport adding additional commands.  Right
> | now, the existence of the _PostInstallLast package takes care of this, so
> | bypassing the cygport-added command doesn't hurt.  But it would be better
> | to let cygport do its thing, so I will be correcting this in my next bash
> | release.
>
>Actually, I was debating removing this from cygport and letting
>_update-info-dir take care of these, as this would appear to
>significantly reduce the number of postinstall scripts.

I think it's a good idea to just let _update-info-dir take care of this.
It's going to run anyway so you end up just running install-info twice.

cgf

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