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Re: Setup.exe Problems on Vista
Michael D. Adams wrote:
> On 4/23/07, Dave Korn <dave.korn AT artimi DOT com> wrote:
>> On 24 April 2007 00:19, Michael D. Adams wrote:
>> > On 4/22/07, Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.OOOPS!> wrote:
>> >>>> The workaround for this problem that I have found is to set the
>> >>>> *Windows* path to include C:\cygwin\bin before running
>> setup.exe. So
>> >>>> for example this sequence works:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> set PATH=C:\cygwin\bin;%PATH%
>> >>>> setup.exe
>> >> Just now I installed Vista under VMware to try installing Cygwin. It
>> >> worked fine using the latest version of setup.exe. I did not have to
>> >> disable UAC but it did prompt me to run as Administrator (which it
>> does
>> >> for any executable named setup.exe IIRC.) Postinstall scripts all ran
>> >> fine, sh.exe was there and there was no need to put \cygwin\bin in the
>> >> PATH manually.
>> >
>> > I tried a fresh install of cygwin (after stashing away the old version
>> > (with move, but I skipped the unmoust since I use the default mounts
>> > anyway)) with setup.exe version 2.562 (from the snapshots). Oddly,
>> > while sh.exe is now being created and the prompt is the colored one
>> > that Cygwin usually sets, /etc/passwd is not being created. I am
>> > uncertain whether this is the same bug manifested in a new way or if
>> > it might be a new bug. (Obligatory grumble about Vista being a pain.)
>> >
>> > Did you check your /etc/passwd? I only noticed it b/c when I started
>> > the shell my home directory was set to C:\Users\<my_user> instead of
>> > C:\cygwin\home\<my_user>. (C:\Users is Vista's version of what in XP
>> > is C:\Documents and Settings.)
>>
>> What's going on here could be related to security changes in the way
>> Vista
>> handles dll and executable search paths, perhaps, but that's fairly
>> speculative.
>>
>> Which reminds me. Isn't it about time this conversation had some
>> input from
>> cygcheck on the various systems involved?
>
> Do you just want a 'cygcheck -c' or is there another option you'd like
> the output from?
'cygcheck -srv', attached, not included, please.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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