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Subject: Cygwin 1.7: Possible error in /etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh
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When I ran setup-1.7.exe with the default set of packages
selected, the following error message was displayed:

running: C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile -c 
/etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh
abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819

'base-files-profile.sh' contains the following line:

/bin/mkdir -p `dirname ${fDest}`

'dirname' is /usr/bin/dirname.  Does setup-1.7.exe set
PATH before running 'base-files-profile.sh'?  If not,
then this would account for the error.

It is possible to rewrite the command without using
'dirname':

/bin/mkdir -p ${fDest%/*}

$ cygcheck -f /etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh
base-files-3.8-3

$ cygcheck -c base-files-3.8
Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version        Status
base-files           3.8-3          OK



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