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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:18:04 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-rcm AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: setup hangs during postinstall
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On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 05:47:26PM +0100, Dr.D.J.Picton wrote:
>>On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 06:17:08PM -0500, Brian Ford wrote:
>>>Neither hang if setup is launched from bash instead of explorer.
>>
>>Hmm.  Maybe I missed this point before.  I never run setup from
>>explorer.
>>
>>In any event, can you set the CYGWIN_DEBUG=cygpath and maybe do some
>>search and destroy debugging to see precisely where it is hanging?
>
>I've done some experimentation with setup with similar results, and can
>confirm that the hang depends on the environment from which setup is
>started.

Actually, I trust Brian's observations.  He's obviously a sharp guy and
a capable programmer.  I wasn't asking for confirmation there.  I was
hoping for someone to do some debugging.

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