From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: setup-x86.exe exits before installation is complete
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:28:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140310111240.GD2828@calimero.vinschen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00a901cf3a30$63b4d3b0$2b1e7b10$@beniston.com>
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On Mar 7 18:09, Jon Beniston wrote:
> >> It seems recent versions of setup-x86.exe exit before the installation is
> >> complete. Without the --no-admin option, the main installation is run as
> a
> >> child process, and the parent doesn't wait for the child to complete.
> This
> >> can cause a bit of a problem for other installers that install Cygwin (as
> >> when setup.exe exits, Cygwin isn't installed).
> >>
> >> Is something like the attached patch appropriate? It just waits for the
> >> child process before exiting.
> >
> >Why don't you just run your installer as admin and use the --no-admin
> >option?
>
> I can't immediately see a way to do that with the installer package I'm
> using, but I can probably find a workaround.
>
> However, I thought the patch might be useful for anyone else who also
> installs Cygwin via some form of script or installer, as this reverts the
> default behaviour to as it was until recently.
"Recently" is more than three months ago...
It's kind of annoying having two setup processes in memory for no
apparentl reason. However, I see your point. Therefore I applied
a variation of your patch which waits for the elevated child if the
-W or --wait option is ginve on the command line.
Hope that helps,
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat
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2014-03-07 20:23 Jon Beniston
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2014-03-06 12:42 Jon Beniston
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