Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

[Csaba Raduly]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:39 PM,   wrote:
> $ wget -S http://www.tug.org
> $

Try it with

wget -d -S http://www.tug.org

(if cygcheck reports no missing DLL)

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Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

[Dave Korn]

On 01/03/2010 20:39, chethc...@oplink wrote:

 [ missed one thing in my earlier response: ]

> Does setup.exe use wget?

  Nope, that was the point; try and factor setup.exe out of the equation and
see if your problem is with that or in the network.

cheers,
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Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 02:39:31PM -0600, chethc...@oplink.net wrote:
>> As to the main problem, hmmm.  Maybe if you could run it under GDB
>> we might get a better look at the error.
>
>You mean run setup.exe under GDB?  Will try it shortly, but:
>
>> I was going to suggest you try a snapshot of setup.exe with debug
>> information, but something appears to be wrong with the website, I
>> couldn't find the setup snapshots anywhere.  So try it with the one
>> you've got anyway, maybe it'll show us something useful.
>
>> Also, do just verify that you aren't having some bizarre network
>> problem or BLODA connecting.  What do you see if you run "wget -S
>> http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst";; in a bash shell?
>
>First, using my browser to get to http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst, I get
>a "not found on this server" error.  I think this file might be
>elsewhere.

Then something is seriously wrong (assuming you didn't just include the
quote mark when you tried it in your browser).

>Second, you may be right about network issues.  I've had a lot of
>problems in the past keeping wget working due to constantly changing
>proxies, security, etc.  Anyway, right now, wget appears totally
>nonfunctional.  Here are a couple of lines copied off my Cygwin
>terminal:
>
>$ wget -S http://www.tug.org
>$
>
>This test and others tell me that wget is getting nothing at all.
>Does setup.exe use wget?

No.  setup.exe really can't use any cygwin programs or it wouldn't
be able to bootstrap a cygwin installation.

But, then, does "cygcheck /bin/wget.exe" show any missing DLLs?  That
could be the cause of non-response from wget.

cgf

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Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

[Dave Korn]

On 01/03/2010 20:39, chethc...@oplink wrote:

> First, using my browser to get to http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst, I get
> a "not found on this server" error.  I think this file might be
> elsewhere.

  Absolutely not, no way.  You have a very serious network problem.  Probably
a bad proxy server.  Either that or you are hacked/virused and something is
redirecting your DNS.  You should see this in wget:

> $ wget -S http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst
> --2010-03-01 21:08:10--  http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst
> Resolving cygwin.com... 209.132.180.131
> Connecting to cygwin.com|209.132.180.131|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
>   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
>   Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:50:13 GMT
>   Server: Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat)
>   Last-Modified: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:13:08 GMT
>   ETag: "18e220c-198d-a14f900"
>   Accept-Ranges: bytes
>   Content-Length: 6541
>   Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
>   Connection: Keep-Alive
>   Content-Type: text/plain
> Length: 6541 (6.4K) [text/plain]
> Saving to: `mirrors.lst'
> 
> 100%[==>] 6,541   17.4K/s   in 0.4s
> 
> 2010-03-01 21:08:12 (17.4 KB/s) - `mirrors.lst' saved [6541/6541]

... and this in your browser:

> ftp://ftp.iitm.ac.in/cygwin/;ftp.iitm.ac.in;Asia;India
> http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/cygwin/;ftp.iitm.ac.in;Asia;India
> ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/cygwin/;ftp.iij.ad.jp;Asia;Japan
> ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/cygwin/;ftp.jaist.ac.jp;Asia;Japan
> ftp://ring.aist.go.jp/archives/pc/gnu-win32/;ring.aist.go.jp;Asia;Japan
> http://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/cygwin/;ftp.iij.ad.jp;Asia;Japan
> http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/cygwin/;ftp.jaist.ac.jp;Asia;Japan
> ftp://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/pub/cygwin/;ftp.kaist.ac.kr;Asia;Korea
> ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/cygwin/;mirror.averse.net;Asia;Singapore
> http://mirror.averse.net/cygwin/;mirror.averse.net;Asia;Singapore
> ftp://ftp.ntu.edu.tw/cygwin/;ftp.ntu.edu.tw;Asia;Taiwan
> ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/cygwin/;mirror.internode.on.net;Australia;Australia
> http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/sourceware/cygwin/;mirror.aarnet.edu.au;Australia;Australia
> http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/cygwin/;mirror.internode.on.net;Australia;Australia
> http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/cygwin.com/;mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca;Canada;Alberta
> ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/cygwin/;mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca;Canada;Ontario
> http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/cygwin/;mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca;Canada;Ontario
> ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/cygwin/;ftp.univie.ac.at;Europe;Austria
> ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/cygwin/;gd.tuwien.ac.at;Europe;Austria

  [ ... many more snipped ... ]

cheers,
  DaveK


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Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

[chethcoat]

> As to the main problem, hmmm.  Maybe if you could run it under GDB
> we might get a better look at the error.

You mean run setup.exe under GDB?  Will try it shortly, but:

> I was going to suggest you try a snapshot of setup.exe with debug
> information, but something appears to be wrong with the website, I
> couldn't find the setup snapshots anywhere.  So try it with the one
> you've got anyway, maybe it'll show us something useful.

> Also, do just verify that you aren't having some bizarre network
> problem or BLODA connecting.  What do you see if you run "wget -S
> http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst";; in a bash shell?

First, using my browser to get to http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst, I get
a "not found on this server" error.  I think this file might be
elsewhere.

Second, you may be right about network issues.  I've had a lot of
problems in the past keeping wget working due to constantly changing
proxies, security, etc.  Anyway, right now, wget appears totally
nonfunctional.  Here are a couple of lines copied off my Cygwin
terminal:

$ wget -S http://www.tug.org
$

This test and others tell me that wget is getting nothing at all.
Does setup.exe use wget?



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Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

[Dave Korn]

On 01/03/2010 18:18, chethc...@oplink wrote:

> One irritating note:  There is no way I can figure out to get
> setup.exe tell me what version of Cygwin it thinks it's installing.
> How can I verify that the current setup program on the Cygwin web page
> is for 1.7 and not 1.5?

  If it's "setup.exe", it's for 1.7.  If it's "setup-legacy.exe", it's for 1.5.

  As to the main problem, hmmm.  Maybe if you could run it under GDB we might
get a better look at the error.

  I was going to suggest you try a snapshot of setup.exe with debug
information, but something appears to be wrong with the website, I couldn't
find the setup snapshots anywhere.  So try it with the one you've got anyway,
maybe it'll show us something useful.

  Also, do just verify that you aren't having some bizarre network problem or
BLODA connecting.  What do you see if you run "wget -S
http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst"; in a bash shell?

cheers,
  DaveK



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Re: Setup fails!

[Chris Taylor]

Kern wrote:

in my opition you should copy the cygwin1.dll to the winnt/system32
directory.Ignore whatever the installer say there is an old dll in XXX
path



Errr.. NO!

If you want to use the cygwin1.dll that's a part of cygwin, add
cygwin\bin to your path (drive letter omitted here).
Then you just make sure and remove any cygwin1.dll's from apps you install.
That way you're always using the most up to date one, and never have a
conflict between the version cygwin has installed and what you have in
your windows directory.


Chris

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Re: Setup fails!

[Igor Pechtchanski]

Ugh, top-posting...  Reformatted.

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Kern wrote:

> 2005/10/13, Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

.  Thanks.

> > >
> > > "The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the
> > > dynamic link library cygwin1.dll!"
> >
> > What was the title of the popup box (in other words, which
> > app reported this message)?
> >
> > getline() is not present in 1.5.18, only in snapshots.  Did you,
> > perchance, install coreutils-5.90-2, which relies on a snapshot
> > being installed?  We would have known that had you followed
> > these instructions, or at least mentioned which app was in
> > the popup box title.
> >
> > > Problem reports:   http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
> in my opition you should copy the cygwin1.dll to the winnt/system32
> directory.Ignore whatever the installer say there is an old dll in XXX
> path

Your opinion is wrong.  Not only will it make future upgrades hard, it
will also not fix the problem, since, as Eric said, this is a legitimate
message that resulted from installing an experimental version of the
coreutils package.

To reiterate: there is *NEVER*[*] any reason to copy cygwin1.dll anywhere
but the directory mounted as /bin.  Doing so will only break your Cygwin
installation.
Igor
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Re: Setup fails!

[Kern]

in my opition you should copy the cygwin1.dll to the winnt/system32
directory.Ignore whatever the installer say there is an old dll in XXX
path

2005/10/13, Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > "The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link
> > library cygwin1.dll!"
>
> What was the title of the popup box (in other words, which
> app reported this message)?
>
> getline() is not present in 1.5.18, only in snapshots.  Did you,
> perchance, install coreutils-5.90-2, which relies on a snapshot
> being installed?  We would have known that had you followed
> these instructions, or at least mentioned which app was in
> the popup box title.
>
> > Problem reports:   http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
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Re: Setup fails!

[Eric Blake]

> 
> "The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link 
> library cygwin1.dll!"

What was the title of the popup box (in other words, which
app reported this message)?

getline() is not present in 1.5.18, only in snapshots.  Did you,
perchance, install coreutils-5.90-2, which relies on a snapshot
being installed?  We would have known that had you followed
these instructions, or at least mentioned which app was in
the popup box title.

> Problem reports:   http://cygwin.com/problems.html

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Re: Setup fails!

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 04:50:47PM +, Roland Bengtsson wrote:
>I tried to download the latest release of cygwin as I want to use lxr for 
>Linux.
>
>I run setup. choose a mirror and select to install the Devel category.
>The downloading seems to go fine but after a while a dialog is shown:
>
>"The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link 
>library cygwin1.dll!"

You have an older version of cygwin1.dll in your path.  Delete it.

cgf

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Re: Setup fails!

[Chris Taylor]

Roland Bengtsson wrote:

I tried to download the latest release of cygwin as I want to use lxr for Linux.

I run setup. choose a mirror and select to install the Devel category.
The downloading seems to go fine but after a while a dialog is shown:

"The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link 
library cygwin1.dll!"


I click ignore. Then after the installation I try to use make install for lxr.
It fails with the same error dialog as the installation.

Why does this fail?



See:
Problem reports:   http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Come back with more info so we can help you...

Also, it's generally recommended that you do a standard installation, 
and then go through setup a second time to add in the packages you want 
in addition to the defaults...



Chris

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Re: Setup fails on XP Pro : no files in /etc + no permissions in /bin

[Max Bowsher]

Milner, Jon (EU-SES) wrote:
> Thanks Max. I erased Cygwin and re-installed. Results are detailed below.
>
> I am installing for all users, logged in as myself 'GBMilneJ'.
> I am a member of XP's Administrators group.
> (I've installed several other programs, with no problems).
>
...
> C:\>cacls C:\cygwin
> C:\cygwin BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F
>   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F
>   BUILTIN\Users:(CI)(special access:)
> SYNCHRONIZE
> FILE_WRITE_DATA
>
>   BUILTIN\Users:(CI)(special access:)
> SYNCHRONIZE
> FILE_APPEND_DATA
>
>   BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)R
>
> C:\>

I've reproduced the problem, by replicating the ACL above.
I will try to debug.
As a workaround, you may add back the XP default "CREATOR OWNER: Full
Control" ACE, that is missing (deliberately removed?) from the ACL above.


Max.




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RE: Setup fails on XP Pro : no files in /etc + no permissions in /bin

[Milner, Jon (EU-SES)]

Thanks Max. I erased Cygwin and re-installed. Results are detailed below.

I am installing for all users, logged in as myself 'GBMilneJ'.
I am a member of XP's Administrators group.
(I've installed several other programs, with no problems).

>From Bash :-
bash-2.05b$ pwd
/usr/bin
bash-2.05b$ getfacl /
# file: /
# owner: GBMilneJ
# group: mkpasswd
user::---
group::---
mask:rwx
other:---
bash-2.05b$

>From XP's cmd.exe :-
C:\>cd C:\

C:\>cacls C:\cygwin
C:\cygwin BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F
  NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F
  BUILTIN\Users:(CI)(special access:)
SYNCHRONIZE
FILE_WRITE_DATA

  BUILTIN\Users:(CI)(special access:)
SYNCHRONIZE
FILE_APPEND_DATA

  BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)R

C:\>

-Original Message-
From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 23 July 2003 18:41
To: Milner, Jon (EU-SES); [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Setup fails on XP Pro : no files in /etc + no permissions
in /bin


Milner, Jon (EU-SES) wrote:
> When I attempt to install Cygwin on my (new) XP Pro machine, setup appears
> to complete okay, and I can launch bash, but something has gone badly
wrong
> (see listings below).
>
> Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
> (Or what extra information I need to provide to enable a diagnosis).

Please post the output of "getfacl /" and "cacls C:\cygwin" - preferably
before you modify the permissions in any way.

If you have modified the permissions, then it would great if you could erase
C:\cygwin and reinstall it.

Don't forget to double the backslash if running the cacls command from bash.


Max.


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Re: Setup fails on XP Pro : no files in /etc + no permissions in /bin

[Max Bowsher]

Milner, Jon (EU-SES) wrote:
> When I attempt to install Cygwin on my (new) XP Pro machine, setup appears
> to complete okay, and I can launch bash, but something has gone badly
wrong
> (see listings below).
>
> Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
> (Or what extra information I need to provide to enable a diagnosis).

Please post the output of "getfacl /" and "cacls C:\cygwin" - preferably
before you modify the permissions in any way.

If you have modified the permissions, then it would great if you could erase
C:\cygwin and reinstall it.

Don't forget to double the backslash if running the cacls command from bash.


Max.


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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Robert Collins]

Download from internet and install from internet share the same cache.

Rob

> -Original Message-
> From: Matt Wilkie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:57 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No 
> such file"
> 
> 
> 
> >>>Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install 
> >>>sets available?
> >>
> >>When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the impression that 
> >>'install from internet' would not save the downloaded 
> packages after 
> >>installing them.  Perhaps the documentation (and/or the behavior of
> >>setup) has changed since then.
> > 
> > 
> > For as long as I've been aware of it, Install from Internet 
> cached the 
> > package archive files just like Download from Internet.  If you can 
> > suggest an improvement in the documentation that would make that 
> > clearer for you, a change would be gratefully received.
> 
> Where are the "Install from Internet" files cached?
> 
> I've been using cygwin for year or two and have always picked 
> "Download" 
> because like Perry I assumed the first option meant 'delete 
> downloaded 
> files when done'. Does this mean I now have two copies of every 
> installation archive?
> 
> cheers,
> 
> -matt wilkie
> 
> 
> 
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Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Matt Wilkie]

>>>Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install
>>>sets available?
>>
>>When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the impression that
>>'install from internet' would not save the downloaded packages after
>>installing them.  Perhaps the documentation (and/or the behavior of
>>setup) has changed since then.
> 
> 
> For as long as I've been aware of it, Install from Internet cached the
> package archive files just like Download from Internet.  If you can suggest
> an improvement in the documentation that would make that clearer for you, a
> change would be gratefully received.

Where are the "Install from Internet" files cached?

I've been using cygwin for year or two and have always picked "Download" 
because like Perry I assumed the first option meant 'delete downloaded 
files when done'. Does this mean I now have two copies of every 
installation archive?

cheers,

-matt wilkie




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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Robert Collins]

Yes, that page is a bit confusing. 

Chris - is this patch acceptable for the web site?

Index: download.html
===
RCS file: /cvs/cygwin/htdocs/download.html,v
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -p -r1.51 download.html
--- download.html   18 Apr 2002 15:24:29 -  1.51
+++ download.html   5 May 2002 06:34:49 -
@@ -14,33 +14,37 @@ setup.exe program to your computer.  Whe
 asked a series of questions for installing Cygwin on your computer.
 Using setup.exe is the only supported method for installing Cygwin.
 
-The setup.exe program also allows you to download the Cygwin files
to
-a directory on your computer without installing them.  By copying this
-download directory to other systems or putting it on a file server, you
-can, at a later time, use setup.exe to install directly from your hard
-disk.
+The setup.exe program always caches the package files that it
downloads to 
+save you time if you need to reinstall, or to install multiple
machines. If for 
+some reason you do not want to install what you download on your local
machine, 
+the setup.exe program allows you to download the Cygwin files to a
directory on 
+your computer without installing them. By copying this download
directory to 
+other systems or putting it on a file server, you can, at a later time,
use 
+setup.exe to install directly from your hard disk.
 
 Due to volume limitations, the Cygwin distribution is only available
from
 mirror sites.  You'll be prompted to choose
one
 of these during the setup.exe installation.
 
-If you are adventurous (i.e., masochistic) you can also download the
+If you are adventurous (i.e. masochistic) you can also download the
 Cygwin distribution via ftp or http using some other program than
-setup.exe.  If you do this, note that the distribution is currently
-located in two directories: "latest" and "contrib".  That is subject to
-change at any time, though.
+setup.exe. If you do this, note that the distribution is currently
+located in one directory: "release".  That is subject to change at any
time, 
+  though.
 
 The Cygwin distribution consists of standard UNIX .tar.gz or
.tar.bz2
 files.  Cygwin's tar + gzip + bzip2 programs can unpack these files,
 just like their UNIX counterparts however you will probably find
 yourself in a chicken/egg situation if you attempt this without Cygwin
-installed on your system (see below).  Installing Cygwin using this
-method is not recommended.
+installed on your system (see below). Installing Cygwin using this
+method is not recommended. Further documentation on the
packaging
+format and setup.ini database is available from here 
+and http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html";>here.
 
 Note that you may be tempted to unpack the .tar.gz files with some
-Windows program like WinZip.  This will not work reliably.  Cygwin's
tar
-files are not fully understood by WinZip.  Attempting to use WinZip to
-unpack a distribution will result in a damaged Cygwin installation.
+Windows program like WinZip.  This will not work. Tar files are not
fully 
+understood by WinZip. Attempting to use WinZip to unpack a distribution

+will result in a damaged Cygwin installation.
 
 
 

> -Original Message-
> From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 2:13 PM
> To: Robert Collins
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No 
> such file"
> 
> 
> > > When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the=20 impression 
> > > that 'install from internet' would not save the=20 downloaded 
> > > packages after installing them.  Perhaps the=20 documentation 
> > > (and/or the behavior of
> > > setup) has changed since then.
> > 
> > It hasn't changed in years. Can you point me to the area of 
> > documentation that suggested the incorrect behaviour to you?
> 
> It's www.cygwin.com/download.html
> 
> Even now, I see nothing there to suggest that an "install 
> from internet" would also retain the uninstalled packages.  I 
> visualize it downloading a package, installing it, and then 
> deleting the downloaded file before downloading the next 
> package, so as to minimize disk requirements.
> 
> 

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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Perry Hutchison]

> > When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the=20
> > impression that 'install from internet' would not save the=20
> > downloaded packages after installing them.  Perhaps the=20
> > documentation (and/or the behavior of
> > setup) has changed since then.
> 
> It hasn't changed in years. Can you point me to the area of
> documentation that suggested the incorrect behaviour to you?

It's www.cygwin.com/download.html

Even now, I see nothing there to suggest that an "install from internet"
would also retain the uninstalled packages.  I visualize it downloading
a package, installing it, and then deleting the downloaded file before
downloading the next package, so as to minimize disk requirements.


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RE: Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Robert Collins]

> -Original Message-
> From: Michael A Chase [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:33 AM

> You can tell which packages have installed by 
> looking in /etc/setup for *.lst.gz .

Please don't suggest this. The supported fashion is 
cygcheck -c.

Rob

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Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Michael A Chase]

On Sat, 4 May 02 14:11:37 PDT Perry Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install
> > sets available?
> 
> When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the impression that
> 'install from internet' would not save the downloaded packages after
> installing them.  Perhaps the documentation (and/or the behavior of
> setup) has changed since then.

For as long as I've been aware of it, Install from Internet cached the
package archive files just like Download from Internet.  If you can suggest
an improvement in the documentation that would make that clearer for you, a
change would be gratefully received.

> Anyway, I still need to find out if there is a simple way to recover
> from this mess or if I need to wipe the whole thing and start over.
> How do I discover what-all is corrupted and needs to be replaced, and
> what (if anything) is still OK?

There shouldn't be much to do, if any of the packages you have already
downloaded won't install, find and delete the associated the archive file
(e.g., .../release/ash/ash-20020131-1.tar.bz2 for ash) then install or
download from internet again.  This file, for example, can be found by
searching for ash* starting from the local files directory.  You can tell
which packages have installed by looking in /etc/setup for *.lst.gz .

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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Robert Collins]

> -Original Message-
> From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 7:12 AM
> To: Robert Collins
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No 
> such file"
> 
> 
> > > > Why did you run a two-step install?
> > >
> > > To have the install sets available for setting up other 
> machines, or 
> > > for reinstalling this one if (when!) Windoze gets hosed.
> > 
> > Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the 
> install sets 
> > available?
> 
> When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the 
> impression that 'install from internet' would not save the 
> downloaded packages after installing them.  Perhaps the 
> documentation (and/or the behavior of
> setup) has changed since then.

It hasn't changed in years. Can you point me to the area of
documentation that suggested the incorrect behaviour to you?
 
> Anyway, I still need to find out if there is a simple way to 
> recover from this mess or if I need to wipe the whole thing 
> and start over. How do I discover what-all is corrupted and 
> needs to be replaced, and what (if anything) is still OK?

Oh sure, just try doing an install from internet.

Rob

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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Perry Hutchison]

> > > Why did you run a two-step install?
> >
> > To have the install sets available for setting up other machines,
> > or for reinstalling this one if (when!) Windoze gets hosed.
> 
> Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install
> sets available?

When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the impression that
'install from internet' would not save the downloaded packages after
installing them.  Perhaps the documentation (and/or the behavior of
setup) has changed since then.

Anyway, I still need to find out if there is a simple way to recover
from this mess or if I need to wipe the whole thing and start over.
How do I discover what-all is corrupted and needs to be replaced, and
what (if anything) is still OK?


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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Robert Collins]

Ok, to upgrade setup, download a new one from
http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe.

> -Original Message-
> From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 6:00 PM

> > What options did you select when running setup?
> 
> Install from Local Directory
> next screen unchanged (root C:\cygwin, all users, Unix files) 
> next screen unchanged (local pkg dir C:\download\cygwin) Here 
> it suggests upgrading setup, but doesn't provide a means to 
> do so. Select to install the newly-downloaded packages. It 
> started to install, then died.
> 
> > Why did you run a two-step install?
> 
> To have the install sets available for setting up other 
> machines, or for reinstalling this one if (when!) Windoze gets hosed.

Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install sets
available?

Rob

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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Perry Hutchison]

> What options did you select when running setup?

Install from Local Directory
next screen unchanged (root C:\cygwin, all users, Unix files)
next screen unchanged (local pkg dir C:\download\cygwin)
Here it suggests upgrading setup, but doesn't provide a means to do so.
Select to install the newly-downloaded packages.
It started to install, then died.

> Why did you run a two-step install?

To have the install sets available for setting up other machines,
or for reinstalling this one if (when!) Windoze gets hosed.

> Please send in the logs from /var/log/setup.log and
> /var/log/setup.log.full.

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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

[Robert Collins]

What options did you select when running setup?
Why did you run a two-step install?
Please send in the logs from /var/log/setup.log and
/var/log/setup.log.full.

Rob

> -Original Message-
> From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 5:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
> 
> 
> About a month ago, I downloaded and installed a fairly 
> minimal Cygwin subset.  Tonight, I downloaded some additional 
> packages.  When I attempted to install them, setup produced a 
> message box:
> 
> Can't open (null) for reading: No such file
> 
> Retrying the installation yields the same message.
> 
> I found a couple of mentions of this message in the archives, 
> but no explanation of what causes it or how to fix it.  (I 
> infer from the context that everyone involved in the 
> discussion knows exactly what is going on, so no explanations 
> are needed.)
> 
> Is any recovery possible, or must I wipe the entire 
> installation and start over?
> 
> BTW I tried to post this to cygwin-apps as requested on the 
> web page, but it bounced.
> 
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