From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.139]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BEC7338708BC for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:56:55 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org BEC7338708BC Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([68.147.0.90]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id HACTlNtm8HmS3HACUlCDLE; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:56:54 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=MaypB7zf c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=603e8a76 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:117 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=uYT-Tk0qkVT609LjNaIA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Home directory was not created To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <65851a08-a0d3-4fca-a956-77cf73459180@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <24934718098a4d26a65b68ef62f3b46e@BELBRU-EXMP101.eeas.europa.eu> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <4125b749-86de-ae02-43d9-16ff5a8565cd@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 11:56:53 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <24934718098a4d26a65b68ef62f3b46e@BELBRU-EXMP101.eeas.europa.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfERaW2cDWENKh+N9VQtFNfFIS/n8VEIKpgtq86B98doOLbb9//cUtAtIdf7Ya1QtjEPugB2jMTgAC7TXPWuuy38389Ax9SXo7AQ+c9HsXQbmBAiUxkP3 VpT35okKL+6ZlUR7B5B/gRlDwENZ8a0v260elshT5LRhiDhQbrxgBH3HgLcgbZADiAL73uffW1mFxe1Y9gy/BL6JCUqrvjievFI= X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:56:57 -0000 On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) > Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: RE: Home directory was not created > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: On Behalf Of Brian Inglis >> Sent: 01 March 2021 18:38 >> >> On 2021-03-01 08:33, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >>> Something went wrong to my Cygwin installation update (update is >>> performed by removing everything and installing again the new >>> version). The home directory of my user was not created, when you >>> run >> Cygwin for the first time. >>> When I start Cygwin it defaults to the evil C:\Windows\System32!?!? >>> -bash-4.4$ pwd >>> /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32 >>> -bash-4.4$ cd >>> -bash: cd: /home/kavalpa: No such file or directory -bash-4.4$ How >>> this can be fixed in proper way, without causing any permission issues. >> >> By figuring out what went wrong during setup. >> Please respond attaching /var/log/setup.log.full and terminal or >> console log if possible. >> >> Otherwise just run setup-x86/_64 [-g] to upgrade without wiping >> everything to avoid such problems. > > The log is attached. I couldn't see any error except for the libgpg-error0 package that matches the "error" search term :) > > The home directory is created afterwards anyway at the first Cygwin execution, if it does not exist. Are you sure it is an installation error? I would rather avoid re-installing and fix the issue by creating the conditions and force Cygwin to create the home directory. > [Hi Brian, I apologise for this personal e-mail. I have tried to send it twice to the list to no avail. It's not HTML and it does not appear to list's mail archive either. I have no idea what is going wrong.] > zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think All postinstall steps failed because of BLODA or installation path: 2021/02/09 17:48:06 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" 0 [main] dash (2296) shared_info::initialize: size of shared memory region changed from 49080 to 40888 2021/02/09 17:48:20 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 ... Installing under Program\ Files causes issues because of space in path names and BLODA-like AV protections on those paths. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]