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Re: FW: Error installing/updating Cygwin on Windows 10


On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 02:30:34PM -0500, Maarten Jacobs wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been getting the following error when I update/install packages in Cygwin (32-bit) on Windows 10:
>
> Package: _/Unknown package
> base-files-mketc.sh exit code 1
>
> When I look at /var/log/setup.log.full, it gives me the following cryptic error message:
>
> 2016/01/24 14:21:35 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/base-files-mketc.sh"
> Directory /cygdrive/c/Windows/SysWOW64/drivers/etc does not exist; exiting
> If directory name is garbage you need to update your cygwin package
> 2016/01/24 14:21:35 abnormal exit: exit code=1
>
Hi Martin,

I got that message yesterday. It went away when I created the etc directory
(from an Admin CMD window), suggest you do likewise.

Cheers ... Duncan.

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