From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25617 invoked by alias); 7 May 2007 21:53:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 25607 invoked by uid 22791); 7 May 2007 21:53:12 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from dessent.net (HELO dessent.net) (69.60.119.225) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 07 May 2007 21:53:10 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=dessent.net) by dessent.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HlB8m-0006zr-CK for cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; Mon, 07 May 2007 21:53:08 +0000 Message-ID: <463F9FC3.978D60D9@dessent.net> Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 21:53:00 -0000 From: Brian Dessent Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: runtime unpleasantness with setup.exe References: <1178571662.14745.ezmlm@cygwin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2007-05/txt/msg00006.txt.bz2 Christoph Otto wrote: > I'm trying to make an automated cygwin install as part of another > project. Everything works as expected, except on my boss's tablet > (running XP with all updates). There the installer runs into a error > parsing an ini file (presumably my setup.ini) when using the stable > setup.exe (v2.510.2.2). A screenshot of this error is at > https://research.ori.org/rft/cygbug/parsing_error.png . The only > changes I made to the setup.ini were to add some Perl packages to the > Base category so they'd be installed automatically. I also tried to > build setup.exe from CVS, but using that exectuable gives me a runtime > error (https://research.ori.org/rft/cygbug/runtime_error.png). > Again, everything (both normal and CVS setup.exe) works fine on the > other two machines I have for testing. The only failures happen on my > boss's tablet. Logs from the install with the stable setup.exe are in > the same directory. I think we're going to need more detail to be able to tell you anything useful. For example, a link to the edited setup.ini that won't parse, or the exact configure/make commands you used to build. Brian