Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: From: Steve Fairbairn To: "'Scott'" Cc: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:59:37 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott > Sent: 28 September 2003 00:08 > To: steve fairbairn > Subject: RE: Setup 2.358 Hangs During Post-Install Script > > > Thanks for the great tip. I had the exact same problem, and your solution seems to work perfectly. But being brand > new to Cygwin, what did I just accomplish by killing the cygpath PID? > > Thanks, > Scott Edwards Hi Scott, Please don't email anyone from the cygwin mailing list directly. All responses should go to the list. I am assuming from your response that you are also new to the UNIX world, but apologies if this assumption is incorrect. The way we used the cygwin kill command (kill -9 ) is just like the 'End Process' button in Windows Task Manager when you are looking at the processes tab. Kill can by used for a lot more than just stopping the process execution, but when I was trying to get around the issue I was being fairly heavy handed. Try reading man pages (man kill) to find out more. As for our specific killing of cygpath... There is some kind of issue with the post install script you identified that means it never completes. As I identified and you have confirmed, the actual part of the script that isn't completing properly is the cygpath program. As I haven't examined the script at all, I can't tell you what cygpath is being used for, why it should fail to complete in the way it does or what effect our killing it had on the general succes of that script. All I can say is that I haven't found any ill effects with my installation but have not used X11 at all yet. Hope this helps, Steve Fairbairn -- -- LONG DISCLAIMER -- ******************************************************* This email has originated from Perwill plc (Registration No. 1906964) Office registered at: 13A Market Square, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1UR, UK Tel: +44 (0)1420 545000 Fax: +44 (0)1420 545001 www.perwill.com ******************************************************* Privileged, confidential and/or copyright information may be contained in this email, and is only for the use of the intended addressee. To copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it in any way if you are not the intended recipient or responsible for delivering to him/her is prohibited. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately, by using the reply facility in your email software. We may monitor the content of emails sent and received via our network for the purposes of ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. This message is subject to and does not create or vary any contractual relationships between Perwill plc and the recipient. ******************************************************* Any opinions expressed in the email are those of the sender and not necessarily of Perwill plc. ******************************************************* This email has been scanned for known viruses using McAfee WebShield 4.5 MR1a ******************************************************* -- 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/