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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 14:05:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: setup hangs during postinstall
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On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 12:57:11PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >>On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 12:49:44PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >>>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.
> >>
> >>I sure wish I could duplicate this bug...
> >
> >FWIW, so do I.
>
> Have we ever gotten a 'ps -ef' when setup.exe is hung?  It would be nice
> to know if it is sh or bash that is having problems or cygpath itself.
>
> I can't find one of these in the archives but I could easily have missed
> it.
>
> cgf

IIRC, it was the cygpath process itself.  When cygpath was killed, the
postinstall could continue.  See
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg00747.html>.
	Igor
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