X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 13:46:31 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: Eric Vlach cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: error parsing setup.bz2 in setup.exe In-Reply-To: <006001c6115c$c9bfc710$6901a8c0@Sleepy> Message-ID: References: <004e01c61158$7e170570$6901a8c0 AT Sleepy> <006001c6115c$c9bfc710$6901a8c0 AT Sleepy> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; FORMAT=flowed; CHARSET=US-ASCII; REPLY-TYPE=original Content-ID: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted... On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Eric Vlach wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Eric Vlach wrote: > > > > > At 8:30am PST, setup worked fine. Then at 8:50am PST, the following > > > error occured, and has been occuring ever since: > > > > > > Cygwin's setup.exe (using a copy downloaded 1/4/2005, 9:20am) fails to > > > load the setup file. After selecting a mirror, it downloads the > > > setup.bz2 file, and upon reading it encounters an error. Message box > > > pops up with: "(null) line 10196: syntax error, unexpected $undefined, > > > expecting STRING." > > > > > > I tried this with a dozen different mirrors, as well as on two other > > > computers, with no success. Any ideas? > > > > Try the latest setup snapshot: . > > Also, did you use "IE5 settings" for your connection? If so, try > > clearing the IE cache -- you may be using a stale version of > > setup.bz2. > > > > If this doesn't help, please post the content of > > /var/log/setup.log.full. > > Igor, > > Earlier I was using setup.exe version 2.510.2.2. I updated and tried > both version 2.521 and 2.523, with no success. I use "Direct > Connection," not IE5 settings. Are you able to repeat my error on your > system? > > Here is a detailed explanation of what I was doing: > I bought a new computer and need to install cygwin from scratch. The > first time I ran the setup.exe, everything worked fine, and I spent > about 10 minutes going through all the modules, copying my old > configuration. When I finally had all that I wanted, I hit "next." an > error came up telling me the connection was lost. From then on, every > attempt to load setup.bz2 gave me the "...unexpected $undefined..." > error. The weird thing is that on my old computer and my co-workers > computer, both having a working version of cygwin, the same problem > occurs. > > Attatched is setup.log.full (not very helpful, but maybe you can find a > hint?) I think this message, posted (by mistake) into a different thread, may explain this: . HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu | igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/