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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:48:14 -0600
From: Heath Kehoe <hkehoe AT budcat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: "mbox note: Can't open file://L:\ods\rtoy\Cygnus/ for reading:   Unrecognisable file format" errors whilst executing setup.exe
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 03:24:38PM -0600, Heath Kehoe wrote:
>   
[snip]
>> We're seeing the same issue. We have a mirror of the cygwin tree (which 
>> is updated through rsync) which is made available on a network share, 
>> mapped to a drive letter. When running setup we pick 'Install from Local 
>> Directory' and usually select all packages.
>>
>> And we too get a bunch of those 'Unrecognisable file format' popups. 
>> Makes installation a pain as those popup errors all have to be dismissed 
>> for the install process to continue.
>>     
>
> If you want to get a problem fixed, the way to do it is to provide details,
> not commiseration.
>
> What version of setup.exe are you running?  What specific steps are necessary
> to duplicate the problem?
>
> cgf
>   
Wasn't meant to be commiserative. I went to report this issue and did a 
search first to see if anyone else has seen it.

- Using setup.exe version 2.677
- We have a local mirror which is updated using rsync (daily)
- The local mirror is accessed as a network share on the Windows 
machines, which is mapped to a drive letter.
- In setup.exe, select 'Install from Local Directory'
- The root directory is: C:\cygwin
- Install for: All users
- Local package directory for us is: M:\apps\cygwin (the network share)
- Select all packages to install (if it's a new installation. For an 
upgrade we take the default selections)
- During the installation, we get pop-ups that say "can't open 
M:\apps\cygwin for reading: Unrecognisable file format". Those pop-ups 
must be dismissed for the installation to finish, and they happen many 
times (52 times for a new, full installation)
- Once setup is complete, Cygwin appears to work OK.
- We've observed this on both fresh new installations as well as with 
upgrades from 1.5
- We've observed this on Win7 64bit and on XP 32bit.

These lines appear throughout setup.log.full and correspond to the popups:
2010/01/27 17:27:12 mbox note: Can't open file://M:\apps\cygwin\Current/ 
for reading: Unrecognisable file format

Hopefully this is enough detail :)
-heath


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