X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:from:to:cc; q=dns; s=default; b=QgmvmX21KvWd6e0DbwIh Zp9RJJ3IDyJOXhXrfIZ1PPcqwDel4kiT2WVV/Fd9YgPLOlBl2px+MJLLRZLebMBa kzXUaiiXfW8+lLn3H2Xa5EcS/PTYezaxMb0lSkTjhS6ckU8COkps0sMNkXx1207h z33foU47AC/svEDSQ5Do31U= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:from:to:cc; s=default; bh=pgIGsF1lwzM94eBAezUTz0q+yl 0=; b=OGgnIokbYJ9QzwK7kY7haF05+Nl67u+zZUW9tnjZF7KA+QcdaVkaURglXc H3uhkCCCsu6ovoieIj+0H3CDGdzWhmW55TCbFoevcd7anAX94ll2aFVwQnN1nQHW y3B9RM22TAzDfXxyJFl3UpU0Xi4X58Z2wSwM841En0E0fTxOk= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: Failure with fork() Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:55:31 -0500 Message-ID: <786EBDA1AC46254B813E200779E7AD3602E7C666@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> In-Reply-To: <51CCA4E8.1040601@cygwin.com> References: <51CC8EE9 DOT 1080401 AT gmail DOT com> <51CCA4E8 DOT 1040601 AT cygwin DOT com> From: "Thrall, Bryan" To: CC: "Thrall, Bryan" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id r5RKtmhq030185 Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote on 2013-06-27: > On 6/27/2013 4:33 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> So the question still remains how do I gain access to a version of >> setup.exe with the fork fix that will allow me to not only initialize >> my Cygwin distribution for Wine without the fork abort, but also >> subsequently update it to install all components of Cygwin that I >> need? > > Since you want to just run 'setup.exe', you need a new cygwin package > (i.e. cygwin-1.7.2*-*) before you'll be able to do what you want > without any extra effort on your part. So unless you're willing to > build your own version of this package and put it in your download > directory in the appropriate spot (after you've downloaded the > packages you want), you want to just wait for the next announcement > for the cygwin package. Since the fork bug is only affecting the execution of the postinstall scripts, couldn't the OP install the snapshot in the partially-complete Cygwin install, then run setup.exe to finish the postinstall scripts? -- Bryan Thrall Principal Software Engineer FlightSafety International * Visual Simulation Systems * 5695 Campus Parkway * Hazelwood, MO 63042 Tel: (314) 551-8413 * Fax: (314) 551-8444 bryan DOT thrall AT flightsafety DOT com * www.flightsafety.com * A Berkshire Hathaway company -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple