On 2017-12-20 05:59, Enrique Perez-Terron wrote: > 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.
CYGWINFORALL=-A requires elevation or security changes to install for all users. mkshortcut may be defaulting something incorrectly when -A -P is specified without elevation? Patch submitted for variable typo - thanks for catching and reporting. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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
