Re: setup 2.431 error log file

["Patrick Jones" <patrick_a_jones at hotmail dot com>]

Yes, I'm certain that I'm running 2.431 - and I did notice the discrepancy 
between the version numbers, but figured that the informational message just 
wasn't updated to reflect the new setup version...

Unfortunately I can't connect this computer to the internet to install right 
from the cygwin site, the way I'd like to. Since this is my first cygwin 
installation, I can't use any of the debugging tools from a previous version 
that seem to be helpful in these situations.

Is there any other reason why setup would just quit?

Pat

> From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> To: Patrick Jones <patrick_a_jones@hotmail.com>
> CC: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: setup 2.431 error log file
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:02:26 -0400 (EDT)
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Patrick Jones wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to run setup 2.431 under Windows 2000 Professional,
>                           ^^^^^
> > installing from a local directory (not from the internet) and getting
> > the following message written to var/log/setup.log -
> >
> > 19:42:24 Starting cygwin install, version 2.427
>                                             ^^^^^
> > 19:42:25 Current Directory: C:\cyginstall
> > 19:42:25 Changing gid to Users
> > 19:42:25 Could not open service McShield for query, start and stop. 
> McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access
> > 19:42:35 Ending cygwin install
>
> First off, do you notice anything odd about the above numbers?  Are you
> sure you're running setup 2.431?
>
> > I have never had McAfee installed on this computer, and a look at my
> > Windows Registry doesn't indicate a previous McAfee installation, as far
> > as I can see. Any insight is appreciated. Thank you.
> >
> > Pat Jones
>
> Well, it does say "McAfee may not be installed"... :-)
>
> FYI, this is just an informational message, not an error.  You may safely
> ignore it.  The reason for it is that McAfee has been known to cause
> enough problems for Cygwin setup that setup now explicitly tries to
> disable the service for the duration of the install process.  It cannot,
> however, distinguish between McAfee not being present on the machine, and
> McAfee service being locked against modifications, so this message is
> written to the log.  If people later tell us that they have McAfee
> installed and running, we'll have a possible culprit for any setup
> problems.
> 	Igor
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