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Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 15:40:20 -0500
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From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: What does setup.exe do with a DOS console?
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At 03:27 PM 11/9/2001, GregHolmes AT aol DOT com wrote:
>This is NOT the usual "change the PIF file, stupid" question.  The shortcuts I use to _run_ Cygwin are set to suggest MSDOS mode as necessary.  This happens only during the setup.exe process.


OK but if you didn't set your shortcuts to make this suggestion, you
wouldn't even know to ask the question, right?  So if it is a problem
for you to see this, that's your best solution.


>When I run setup.exe from the link at cygwin.com, right before the end of the installation it very rapidly pops up an msdos console which vanishes immediately, then the final OK dialog appears.
>
>This happens, at any rate, on the Win95 machine I use at work.  On the Win98 machine at home, I get the "This program uses MSDOS mode" prompt at that point, which I of course cancel out of.  So am I missing out on something that is supposed to happen at this point?  I still get the final "Installation complete" OK dialog.


OK, based on this information, I'm guessing you're curious about the 
details of why this happens.  Sorry, I can't enlighten you with anything
specific other than to say that setup is not a console program but may
need to actually start one for some reason.  Apparently, this is what
you get on Win 9x platforms when you set things the way you've set them.
If you'd like to have more details, I recommend that you build setup and 
debug it through this process.  This will tell you what it's doing and 
where, even if you don't understand why.  If you don't understand your
findings, reporting them back to the list may provide the insight you 
need.  It's a great exercise for the curious if you're interested! :-)

Just my $.02.

Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
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