From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (smtp-out-no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.12]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97B6B3857C64 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:03:16 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 97B6B3857C64 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 pGXSk8Ogy34axpGXTkSylc; Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:03:15 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=LvQsdlRc c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=5fd91683 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=uYT-Tk0qkVT609LjNaIA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 From: Brian Inglis Subject: Re: cygwin-doc post install script failures Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1def9bc2-8e19-575d-547c-fa44a5c61f26@gmail.com> Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <95dbf69b-97ff-f465-477b-856bae857179@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:03:14 -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: <1def9bc2-8e19-575d-547c-fa44a5c61f26@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfF58EuxPDZn7zSDyWqbPIGmwl0s/rbVAML98EjiL11eXiMS+WIvlIgmt5Py9EEsGyF3aJMew4tTeOeVCenYCCi4ffc1TKHRQtU2lJA9/o7e9HhqF4Mf8 R7YRl7huDsTG8U3F6jXAAz57Ua3mudpECWF1aPGnhdQjF/bLEIG/g4Ydcp91Fg5RGh06uhfNm3AisW7ZVpCiweMUjPiK7nOe9tA= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, 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, 15 Dec 2020 20:03:18 -0000 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 $ cygcheck mkshortcut Found: C:\...\cygwin64\bin\mkshortcut.exe C:\...\cygwin64\bin\mkshortcut.exe C:\...\cygwin64\bin\cygwin1.dll C:\Windows\system32\KERNEL32.dll C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll C:\...\cygwin64\bin\cygpopt-0.dll C:\...\cygwin64\bin\cygiconv-2.dll C:\...\cygwin64\bin\cygintl-8.dll C:\Windows\system32\ole32.dll C:\Windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll C:\Windows\system32\GDI32.dll C:\Windows\system32\win32u.dll C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll C:\Windows\system32\combase.dll C:\Windows\system32\bcryptPrimitives.dll C:\Windows\system32\SHELL32.dll $ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/mkshortcut cygutils-1.4.16-2 $ cygcheck -c cygutils Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status cygutils 1.4.16-2 OK > 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* -- 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.]