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James McLaughlin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> While fixing a problem I'd posted to the group about
> (incidentally, thanks to Brian Dessent for identifying
> a Cygwin DLL version mismatch as the source of the
> other problem), I ran the post-texmf.sh script. I
> don't know if this was meant to give me any diagnostic
> information, but anyway it ran successfully, which
> means (I think) that TEX etc are now installed. (Of
> course, until I bring in the Cygcheck output, I can't
> really ask about that.)
> 
> My real question revolves around the fact that the
> script did not change from post-texmf.sh to
> post-texmf.sh.done. Should I change it myself now that
> it's finished running, or should I leave it be? Plus,
> there was another file in \etc\postinstall that was
> .sh and not .sh.done - what does this signify?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> James McLaughlin.
> 

You have to do it manually - normally this is done by setup upon 
successful completion afaik.

If there's another .sh, then it also needs to be run. They should only 
be .sh if for some reason they didn't run correctly.



Chris

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