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Re: Postinstall Problem with 01bash.bat


On Sun, 10 Dec 2006, Eric Blake wrote:

> According to Kenneth Evans, Jr. on 12/10/2006 1:27 PM:
> [snip]
> > setup.full.log from the last run (which was from the local directory and
> > cancelled) is:
>
> Please attach, rather than sending files inline, to avoid false positives
> when searching mailing list archives.
>
> >
> > Path:	C:\Program Files\Compaq\Compaq Management Agents\Dmi\Win32\Bin
> > 	C:\Windows\system32
> > 	C:\Windows
> > 	C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
> > 	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System
> > 	C:\Exceed\Accessories\
> > 	C:\Program Files\Resource Pro Kit\
> > 	C:\Exceed\Security\Kerberos\
> > 	C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\
> > 	C:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell\
> > 	C:\Exceed\Accessories\
> > 	.
> > 	C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
> > 	n:\epics\base314\bin\win32-x86
> > 	n:\epics\extensions\bin\win32-x86
> > 	c:\bin
> > 	c:\GNU\emacs\bin
> > 	c:\Cygwin\bin
> > 	c:\CVS
> > 	c:\Exceed\Exceed
>
> You have quite a few things in your path.  Could any of them be providing
> an alternate /bin/sh, even though this cygcheck output didn't detect one?

Indeed.  The following looks pretty suspicious:
> > 	C:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell\

> Also, when you ran setup.exe, did you have an instance of bash or sh
> already running?
>
> Other than that, all I can suggest is manually doing what 01bash.sh would
> have done, which is roughly 'cp /bin/bash.exe /bin/sh.exe'.

Which, of course, cannot be run from an instance of /bin/sh...  However,
that still does not explain why the postinstall script was hanging.
	Igor
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