Lately, whenever I run setup (x86), my /var/log/setup.log.full contains:
2017/12/20 03:07:44 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile
"/etc/postinstall/cygwin-doc.sh"
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/User Guide (PDF).lnk" failed; does the target
directory exist?
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/User Guide (HTML).lnk" failed; does the target
directory exist?
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/API (PDF).lnk" failed; does the target directory
exist?
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/API (HTML).lnk" failed; does the target
directory exist?
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/Home Page.lnk" failed; does the target directory
exist?
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/FAQ.lnk" failed; does the target directory
exist?
2017/12/20 03:07:45 abnormal exit: exit code=3
Please notice the extra C:/ in front of the target link name.
So I have added a line "set -x" at the top in
postinstall/cygwin-doc.sh, and the relevant section becomes
+ read target name desc
+ '[' -r ']'
+ /bin/mkshortcut -A -P -n 'Cygwin/User Guide (PDF)' -d 'Cygwin User
Guide PDF' -- /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc/cygwin-ug-net.pdf
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/User Guide (PDF).lnk" failed; does the target
directory exist?
+ read target name desc
+ '[' -r ']'
+ /bin/mkshortcut -A -P -n 'Cygwin/User Guide (HTML)' -d 'Cygwin User
Guide HTML' -- /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc/html/cygwin-ug-net/index.html
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/User Guide (HTML).lnk" failed; does the target
directory exist?
+ read target name desc
+ '[' -r ']'
+ /bin/mkshortcut -A -P -n 'Cygwin/API (PDF)' -d 'Cygwin API Reference
PDF' -- /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc/cygwin-api.pdf
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/API (PDF).lnk" failed; does the target directory
exist?
+ read target name desc
+ '[' -r ']'
+ /bin/mkshortcut -A -P -n 'Cygwin/API (HTML)' -d 'Cygwin API Reference
HTML' -- /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc/html/cygwin-api/index.html
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/API (HTML).lnk" failed; does the target
directory exist?
+ read target name desc
+ read target name desc
+ /bin/mkshortcut -A -P -n 'Cygwin/Home Page' -d 'Cygwin Home Page
Link' -a https://cygwin.com/index.html -- /bin/cygstart
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/Home Page.lnk" failed; does the target directory
exist?
+ read target name desc
+ /bin/mkshortcut -A -P -n Cygwin/FAQ -d 'Cygwin Frequently Asked
Questions Link' -a https://cygwin.com/faq.html -- /bin/cygstart
mkshortcut: Saving "/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
Menu/Programs/C:/cygwin/FAQ.lnk" failed; does the target directory
exist?
(by the way -- this reveals another bug too: The script says "[ -r $t ]
&& $mks ..." where I am sure it should be "[ -r $target ] && $mks ...")
(and again btw, I am not sure bash should count "[ -r ]" as a true
statement)
The script issues mkshortcut commands with sane arguments, no extra
"C:/" in there.
So I just tried to run the script from an elevated-privilege mintty
shell:
$ CYGWINFORALL=-A /bin/bash /etc/postinstall/cygwin-doc.sh
But then it does NOT fail, and the shortcuts do get installed -- they
were not present before.
I am still running the 32-bit cygwin, though on a 64-bit windows 10 Home
edition, version 1709, OS build 16299.125.
Any ideas about what could be the problem?
-Enrique
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