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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:11:49 -0500
From: "David A. Cobb" <Superbiskit AT cox DOT net>
Reply-To: Cygwin General Discussion <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>,
   "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit AT cox DOT net>
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To: Cygwin General Discussion <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Installation problem with xfree86-prog
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I know that problems with Xfree86-cygwin have a list of their own, but I 
think this may be a packaging problem or something super-weird about my 
Cygwin installation.

Lately, XFree86-prog is showing up among the packages to be updated.  If 
I allow setup to attempt this, every attempt locks up trying to install 
a file <file://./usr/X11R6/include/X11/ap_keysym.h>.  The setup control 
flickers, continually redisplaying the same percent-complete.  I can go 
away and have dinner, when I come back it hasn't made any progress.  If 
I spy on it with, say, ProcessExplorer, it seems to be acquiring a 
"token" on /<computer name>/Administrator, then releasing the same.  
Again, and again, and . . . .

No matter which version I choose to install, they all hang on the same file.

The file does not exist on my installation (because I uninstalled the 
package).  I don't see anything strange about directory permissions.  No 
other package seems to exhibit the problem.

Any ideas?

-- 
David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
"By God's Grace, I am a Christian man; by my actions a great sinner." -- The Way of a Pilgrim: R.French, Tr.
Life is too short to tolerate crappy software!




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