From: ericblake AT comcast DOT net (Eric Blake)
To: Eduard Witteveen <e DOT witteveen AT HAWARIT DOT COM>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: 1.5.18-1: cannot start executables (except cygcheck.exe) on windows  server 2003 web edition
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:13:03 +0000
Message-Id: <111620051713.22077.437B689F000622310000563D22058864420A050E040D0C079D0A@comcast.net>
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> > 
> > Please ATTACH, not send inline, the output of cygcheck -svr (your -cvr
> > output is not as helpful), per the directions here:
> Thank for pointing out my error, here is the output

Thanks for the full output - it pinpoints your problem:

> Not Found: sh

Somehow, your installation of bash has failed.  Rerun setup.exe,
and select bash for reinstallation, so that the postinstall
script will run again and create /bin/sh.  Without a working
/bin/sh, many cygwin programs have extreme difficulty.

--
Eric Blake



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