From: Duncan Roe <duncan_roe@acslink.net.au>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: FW: Error installing/updating Cygwin on Windows 10
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:52:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160124220207.GB6031@dimstar.local.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BLU170-W23A59132F428524EBD61329EC60@phx.gbl>
On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 02:30:34PM -0500, Maarten Jacobs wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been getting the following error when I update/install packages in Cygwin (32-bit) on Windows 10:
>
> Package: _/Unknown package
> base-files-mketc.sh exit code 1
>
> When I look at /var/log/setup.log.full, it gives me the following cryptic error message:
>
> 2016/01/24 14:21:35 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/base-files-mketc.sh"
> Directory /cygdrive/c/Windows/SysWOW64/drivers/etc does not exist; exiting
> If directory name is garbage you need to update your cygwin package
> 2016/01/24 14:21:35 abnormal exit: exit code=1
>
Hi Martin,
I got that message yesterday. It went away when I created the etc directory
(from an Admin CMD window), suggest you do likewise.
Cheers ... Duncan.
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[not found] <BLU170-W2358ECF40AEBE4116058499EC60@phx.gbl>
2016-01-24 22:51 ` Maarten Jacobs
2016-01-24 22:52 ` Duncan Roe [this message]
[not found] ` <BLU170-W72425FD134EFE7E1A072399EC60@phx.gbl>
2016-01-24 23:39 ` Duncan Roe
2016-01-25 6:42 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2016-01-25 7:04 ` Maarten Jacobs
2016-01-25 9:10 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2016-01-25 21:00 ` Maarten Jacobs
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