Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jul 11 00:36, Andrey Repin wrote: > > Greetings, David Allsopp! > > > > > Brian Inglis wrote: > > >> On 2018-07-10 03:51, David Allsopp wrote: > > >> > I've been trying out the x86 emulation in Microsoft's ARM64 > > >> > version of Windows 10 1803. > > >> > > > >> > I had two issues with Cygwin x86. The first, which is simple, is > > >> > that Windows doesn't by default create > > >> > C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc which causes > > >> > /etc/postinstall/base-files-mketc.sh to exit with an error all > > >> > the time. I wonder if there's a possible workaround to make > > >> that less intrusive? > > >> > The error message implies that it may have computed the wrong > > >> > directory, which it hasn't - it's just that the directory doesn't > exist. > > >> > > >> Do C:\Windows\{System32,SysNative,Sys*}\drivers\etc exist under the > > >> emulator? > > >> What does "cygpath -SU" show? > > > > > cygpath -SU gives /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/SysWOW64 > > > > > Checking within C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe (i.e. x86 cmd): > > > > > C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc exists and contains expected files > > > C:\Windows\Sysnative\drivers\etc exists and contains expected files > > > (looks identical to System32, as you'd hope) > > > C:\Windows\SysArm32\drivers does not contain an etc directory (but > > > wasn't referenced) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers didn't contain an etc > > > directory (I created one to silence the error) > > > > > So perhaps on WOW64 it would be worth falling back to Sysnative if > > > etc isn't found? Or even just using Sysnative by default in WOW64? > > > > I'd suggest using Sysnative unconditionally, and fall back to System32 > > if Sysnative not found. > > > Did anybody notice my reply from 8 hours earlier? > https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-07/msg00091.html Yes! I answered Brian's first because it didn't involve downloading anything, then I tried the snapshot you'd kindly provided - but it doesn't work, for weird reasons, and I'm still looking into exactly why in order to give a helpful reply as to why! Sorry for the lag... David ТÒÐÐ¥&ö&ÆVÒ&W÷'G3¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒ÷&ö&ÆV×2æ‡FÖÀФd¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöfðФFö7VÖVçFF–ö㢇GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöFö72æ‡FÖÀÐ¥Vç7V'67&–&R–æfó¢‡GG¢òö7–wv–âæ6öÒöÖÂò7Vç7V'67&–&R×6–×ÆPРÐ