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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:49:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: steve AT kelem DOT net
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Subject: Re: setup hangs during postinstall
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On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Steve Kelem wrote:

> I'm trying to update to the latest cygwin (1.5.5-1). Setup install a lot
> of things, said I had to reboot, and then proceeded with the postinstall
> step.
> Setup is stuck, with the window saying:
> Progress
>   This page displays the progress of the download or installation.
> RUnning...
> No package
> /etc/postinstall/XFree86-bin-icons.sh

This is a known bug (as a search of the recent archives would have shown).
People are investigating.  As a short term workaround, you can "mv
/etc/postinstal/XFree86-bin-icons.sh{,.done}" and rerun setup.

> When I run that file manually, it completes.
>
> Also, there are a LOT of files in /etc/postinstall.  Can they be
> deleted? Should they be deleted automatically?
>
> Steve Kelem

They could be, but why?  Besides, they don't take up much space (I think
the total is about 100k, except for the gcc-mingw tarball).  So don't
worry about them...
	Igor
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