On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 04:03, Dan Tsafrir <dants@cs.technion.ac.il> wrote:
>
> I've done exactly this, then tried to install some X stuff and got:
>
>    Package: xinit
>            xinit.sh exit code 8
>    Package: No package
>            xinit.sh exit code 8
>

It turns out that the above error message is generated by the second
(and final) line of /etc/postinstall/xinit.sh, which attempts to
create the "Cygwin-X/Xwin Server" menu shortcut, using
/usr/bin/mkshortcut.exe; I can't tell why the latter fails, but I've
attached the output of strace to hopefully provide a clue.

Thanks,
--Dan