From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 105578 invoked by alias); 24 Jan 2016 22:02:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 105560 invoked by uid 89); 24 Jan 2016 22:02:18 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Admin, jacobs, Hx-languages-length:869, exiting X-HELO: mail105.syd.optusnet.com.au Received: from mail105.syd.optusnet.com.au (HELO mail105.syd.optusnet.com.au) (211.29.132.249) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:02:17 +0000 Received: from dimstar.local.net (c122-107-168-99.eburwd5.vic.optusnet.com.au [122.107.168.99]) by mail105.syd.optusnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FCD1047A27 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:02:13 +1100 (AEDT) Received: (qmail 13545 invoked by uid 501); 24 Jan 2016 22:02:07 -0000 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:52:00 -0000 From: Duncan Roe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: FW: Error installing/updating Cygwin on Windows 10 Message-ID: <20160124220207.GB6031@dimstar.local.net> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Optus-CM-Score: 0 X-Optus-CM-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=R4L+YolX c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=+cDhJlqnNvz9E7c5l3ERGg==:117 a=+cDhJlqnNvz9E7c5l3ERGg==:17 a=y26AOypDAAAA:8 a=PO7r1zJSAAAA:8 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=iaFubHWvAAAA:8 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=7aQ_Q-yQQ-AA:10 a=4QTuR6ASjxOqXcS1Fb4A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-01/txt/msg00334.txt.bz2 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. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple