X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:31:29 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Bug in setup.exe Message-ID: <20100216153129.GA7352@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <937163.39895.qm@web113316.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20100216085231.GD5683@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100216085231.GD5683@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 09:52:31AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Feb 15 06:44, Jan Obrestad wrote: >>I have discovered a bug in setup.exe version 2.682. >> >>I tried installing cygwin 1.7.1 on windows 7 x64. It failed with the >>error message: >> >>Unable to extract /etc/ -- the file is in use. >> >>Which was a bit weird since the directory didn't exist yet. >> >>The log message was a bit more clear it said: LOG: 2 Failed to make the >>path for cygfile:///etc/alternatives/README >> >>After much trial and error I found the solution, just by chance. >> >>The setup program suggested installing cygwin in: >> >>C:\cygwin\ >> >>I tried removing the last backspace, like this: >> >>C:\cygwin >> >>Then it installed perfectly. > >Should be fixed in CVS now. Expect a new setup.exe soon. The new setup.exe is installed. Start your "I still get the old version of setup.exe when I try to download it" discussions now. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple