From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19296 invoked by alias); 27 Jun 2013 22:32:49 -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 19268 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jun 2013 22:32:42 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from vms173011pub.verizon.net (HELO vms173011pub.verizon.net) (206.46.173.11) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:32:41 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.231] ([unknown] [108.20.163.251]) by vms173011.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MP2007S2PA2E490@vms173011.mailsrvcs.net> for cygwin@cygwin.com; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:32:31 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <51CCBD7A.3040903@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:28:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Failure with fork() References: <51CC8EE9.1080401@gmail.com> <51CCA4E8.1040601@cygwin.com> <786EBDA1AC46254B813E200779E7AD3602E7C666@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> In-reply-to: <786EBDA1AC46254B813E200779E7AD3602E7C666@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2013-06/txt/msg00711.txt.bz2 On 6/27/2013 4:55 PM, Thrall, Bryan wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote on 2013-06-27: >> On 6/27/2013 4:33 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >>> So the question still remains how do I gain access to a version of >>> setup.exe with the fork fix that will allow me to not only initialize >>> my Cygwin distribution for Wine without the fork abort, but also >>> subsequently update it to install all components of Cygwin that I >>> need? >> >> Since you want to just run 'setup.exe', you need a new cygwin package >> (i.e. cygwin-1.7.2*-*) before you'll be able to do what you want >> without any extra effort on your part. So unless you're willing to >> build your own version of this package and put it in your download >> directory in the appropriate spot (after you've downloaded the >> packages you want), you want to just wait for the next announcement >> for the cygwin package. > > Since the fork bug is only affecting the execution of the postinstall > scripts, couldn't the OP install the snapshot in the partially-complete > Cygwin install, then run setup.exe to finish the postinstall scripts? As Yaakov said, if you time it just right, which may or may not be tricky. There are other alternatives as well but they all require some effort to get right. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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