It looks as though mhash is causing the problem. I did another full install and unselected mhash and it installed just fine. I did this test with a 2 month old release of setup.exe and the latest. I will have to test the different packages to see if there is anything that is malfunctioning.
Thanks Robert >I do seem to have finally gotten my old install back into >a usable state by using an older version of setup.exe. >It prompted several times that there is a newer >version and had a few missing-dll dialog boxes but >at least now I am back to where I started. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Mike Marchywka > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 5:59 AM > To: Robert; cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: RE: error during install > > > This sounds similar to a problem I've had with both a clean > install and an attempt > to update a working install. I keep trying to get cygiconv-2 > to load by playing with > the setup install options. I think I could make this work but > sometimes default+install > UNINSTALLS stuff making this approach unworkable- I can get > cygwin to run but > it can't find sed. When I request the addtional stuff that > includes sed, someone > feels the need to delete the stuff I installed to get that > much to work. > Eventually setup dies and then I can't even get bash ( someone deleted > bash.exe even though I simply requested additional packages). > > What changed in the last few months? I've made several > installs and never had > this kind of problem. I thought I could just add things > without uninstalling > parts of bash. > > > ISN'T IT POSSIBLE TO LOAD CYGWIN WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A GUI? > THIS SETUP MENU SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS. > > THANKS. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of Robert > > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:15 AM > > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > > Subject: error during install > > > > > > Installing from local directory (doing an all install) > > it errors out at 43%, mhash is being > > installed at the time. It creates an appcompat error > > file in the temp directory which is > > deleted as soon as I say ok or close out the error > > messages, this file is listed at the end of this. > > At the time of error message in the setup.exe window > > it is > > installing mhash-0.9.1-1 and the specific file being > > installed is /usr/share/mc/syntax/xml.syntax > > I try to reinstall without deleting the c:\cygwin > > folder and I get the same thing. If I try to delete > > c:\cygwin then I have several files that are not > > allowing me to delete them within the cygwin > > directory. > > I had an XP SP2 system crash that had this full > > install working perfectly. I reinstalled everything > > from scratch, XP then SP2 and all Windows updates. I > > have also edited the boot.ini with adding the flag > > /NoExecute=AlwaysOff and still issues. > > Is there anyway to resolve this? > > Thanks > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > appcompat.txt file output: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> > > <DATABASE> > > <EXE NAME="setup.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY"> > > <MATCHING_FILE NAME="setup.exe" SIZE="285696" > > CHECKSUM="0x88889BA7" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" > > PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x10000" > > LINK_DATE="01/27/2005 20:59:34" > > UPTO_LINK_DATE="01/27/2005 20:59:34" /> > > </EXE> > > <EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" > > FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY"> > > <MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="983552" > > CHECKSUM="0x4CE79457" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" > > BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" > > PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" > > FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client DLL" > > COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" > > PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" > > FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180 > > (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" > > ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" > > LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights > > reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" > > VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" > > MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xFF848" > > LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" > > UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" > > UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.2180" > > LINK_DATE="08/04/2004 07:56:36" > > UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/04/2004 07:56:36" > > VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" /> > > </EXE> > > </DATABASE> > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
