Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode

[Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>]

On 20/12/2017 12:43, Arkady wrote:
> I can upload VirtualBox VM which demonstrates the problem - this is
> 14GB image for VirtualBox 5.1.30

Please don't.

In any case, you might wish to consult the license you have for Windows 
to see if you are permitted to do this...

> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Arkady <larytet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Another clue - flags -d -n -N probably solve the problem or make the
>> problem very rare
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Arkady <larytet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I
>>> reproduce the problem
>>> consistently. I use the following command 10 times
>>> setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com
>>> The setup fails one time of three in my Win10 64 bits setup.

Wait what? are you using setup-x86.exe? or setup-x86_64.exe?

I have run this command many times, but I can't reproduce this problem.

Despite more than 10 emails from you on this subject, you still haven't 
mentioned what version of setup you are using.

You might like to try installing the cygwin upx and gdb packages, and 
then (assuming you are using setup 2.883):

upx -d setup-x86-64.exe
wget https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.883.x86_64.dbg
mv setup-2.883.x86_64.dbg setup.dbg

and then, in an elevated shell:

gdb --args setup-x86-64.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com

at the '(gdb)' prompt

(gdb) r

when your error occurs:

(gdb) bt


--
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