From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.138]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B9703857C75 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:53:23 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 3B9703857C75 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] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id pffdkLoRobYg3pffekhzmN; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:53:22 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=Q4RsX66a c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=5fda8fe2 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=r77TgQKjGQsHNAKrUKIA:9 a=uYT-Tk0qkVT609LjNaIA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=tZm1DIR2umDfxGAvsy4A:9 a=B2y7HmGcmWMA:10 a=3y54CN4IUQMWsJZ1kNIA:9 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1def9bc2-8e19-575d-547c-fa44a5c61f26@gmail.com> <95dbf69b-97ff-f465-477b-856bae857179@SystematicSw.ab.ca> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software Subject: Re: cygwin-doc post install script failures Message-ID: <8d1f0f76-097c-12b0-691d-d677793abd34@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:53:20 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------AFF59DB24E5C992A56C9933E" Content-Language: en-CA X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfIGf0eJOHwehIT7UEbHvwufo8v9dVUQKK6Ce20UCfhBTWCYsOCE7oMOQYQdJvuSAmpnsguvBBmQRpPy7OwwGJ9eQ4qsMFMH/riASYAu8OBIlGWYb/+0K swa/w2K93p+FJpnE46Vn3h7Q5rhkbfVaYolGdBfmuNglMktsU0qYuFzS4BEkzkSPM53lT0thWZsDn2vstc//0JuZrpHaHgUKKxI= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_8BITS, GIT_PATCH_0, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham 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: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:53:25 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AFF59DB24E5C992A56C9933E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 2020-12-15 13:51, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: > On 15.12.2020 21:03, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2020-12-15 01:43, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: >>> Not a recent bug but annoying anyway >>> >>> It seems the post-install script is not considering that the >>> installation can be in a disk different from C: , properly >>> in this case D: >> >> The post-install script does not care as mkshortcut uses POSIX paths. >> Could you please check your paths with: >> >>      $ which -a mkshortcut >>      /usr/bin/mkshortcut > > all same > >> >>> 2020/12/15 08:40:13 running: d:\cygwin32\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile >>> "/etc/postinstall/cygwin-doc.sh" >>> mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start >>> Menu/Programs/D:/cygwin32/Cygwin (32-bit)/User Guide (PDF).lnk" failed; does >>> the target directory exist? >>> mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start >>> Menu/Programs/D:/cygwin32/Cygwin (32-bit)/User Guide (HTML).lnk" failed; does >>> the target directory exist? >> >> Please try: >> >>      $ sh --version >>      GNU bash, version 4.4.12(3)-release (x86_64-unknown-cygwin) >>      ... >> >> Could you please try rerunning the p-i script under sh -vx and post the >> output, as I can not see any way to rearrange the inputs and outputs to get >> that result, unless read or mkshortcut are damaged! >> >>> $ ls "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/" | grep >>> Cygwin >>> Cygwin >>> Cygwin (32-bit) >> >> $ ll "$(cygpath -A -P -U)"/Cygwin* >> > > It works, but it is different from running under setup, as it is using > > /proc/cygdrive/c/Users/Marco/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start > Menu/Programs/Cygwin (32-bit)/ Thanks Marco, Looks like problem may be memory allocation in mkshortcut.c(xstrndup), so have attached patches to apply to that source (from cygport? or amnually), and to p-i script to get strace. So could you please apply the attached patch to /etc/postinstall/cygwin-doc.sh, and retry your manual p-i script rerun prefixed with CYGWINFORALL=-A /etc/postinstall/cygwin-doc.sh (may need elevated admin rights), and save that strace output; then retry your cygwin-doc setup, and save that strace output; then apply the attached mkshortcut.c patch, rebuild mkshortcut, retry your cygwin-doc setup, and save that strace output. Hopefully the last try will no longer fail, otherwise I will have to set up my environment to reproduce the error. -- 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. 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