From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12696 invoked by alias); 22 Jul 2002 23:16:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 12688 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2002 23:16:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta05ps.bigpond.com) (144.135.25.137) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 22 Jul 2002 23:16:35 -0000 Received: from lifelesswks ([144.135.25.81]) by mta05ps.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 mta05ps May 23 2002 23:53:28) with SMTP id GZOBBL00.3TD; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:16:33 +1000 Received: from CPE-203-51-8-164.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([203.51.8.164]) by psmam05.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0n 101/14153382); 23 Jul 2002 09:16:33 From: "Robert Collins" To: "'Roland1753'" , Subject: RE: setup.exe gives abnormal program termination Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:49:00 -0000 Message-ID: <000d01c231d5$d3080b30$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal In-Reply-To: <001001c231c9$9d3cf300$f9d1f043@compaq> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal X-SW-Source: 2002-07/txt/msg01806.txt.bz2 > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Roland1753 > Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2002 7:49 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: setup.exe gives abnormal program termination > > > Sirs, > > I have repeatedly (read: to the point of insanity) tried > to install using > setup.exe version 2.249.2.5 and continually get an abnormal program > termination error. I have tried redownloading, removing/redowloading, > removing/rebooting/redowloading. I followed the following > steps to arrive @ > the error: > > I open the setup program and select install form local > directory/just me/dos > I select d:\cygwin as the root directory (first partition > second drive) > I have tried both selecting d:\cygwin and > d:\cygwin\ftp%3a%2f%2fplanetmirror.com%2fpub%2fsourceware%2fcy > gwin ( the > directory created during download ) as the package directory. > the program then goes to the install screen then after a > period changes to > the package selector screen ( which doesnt seem right if I > recall correctly) > I then select all/install after which the program has an > abnormal program > termination. > any light you could shed on this would be greatly appreciated. Use a package directory that is distinct from your install directory. That is probably your problem. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/