In Sep 2012 we tried installing cygwin with the then latest setup.exe
version 2.573.2.2 on a new Windows 2008 Server (x64) and the
installation hung at 98%.
Yesterday Feb 12 2013 we downloaded the latest cygwin DLL setup.exe (1.7.17-1)
Prior to running the install on a Windows Server 2008 server we
cleaned the registry of prior cygwin entries and turned off virus
checking.
The install hangs executing the post-install script
/etc/postinstall/00ash.sh.
A search of the mailing list archives (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/) for 00ssh
returns 61 results, the latest of which is Steven Julian (2009/08/07).
The issue goes back a long way:
Sep 2005 (http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-09/msg00164.html)
Aug 2006 ( http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-08/msg00813.html)
Reading through the posts i don't see that the root cause and
definitive resolution have been determined.
The issue is still with us in Feb 2013.
The latest install is:
Cygwin setup.exe version : 2.774 (As reported in Setup.log)
Cygwin DLL version : 1.7.17-1 (As stated on cywin.com home page)
Cygwin DLL version : 1.5.25 (As reported by cygcheck -s)
Cygwin DLL Build date: Fri Dec 14 19:21:07 CET 2007 (As reported
by cygcheck -s)
The www.cygwin.com home page states The Cygwin DLL currently works with
all recent, commercially released x86 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows,
with the exception of Windows CE and Windows NT4. which I read as
meaning that
Windows Server 2008 (x64) is a supported platform.
FAQ 1.2 ( http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.what.supported)
states : 'Cygwin can be expected to run on all modern 32 bit
versions of Windows
This includes, as of the time of writing this, Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7,
as well as the WOW64 32 bit environment on released 64 bit versions
of Windows
(XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/2008 R2).
However, cygcheck -s -v -r outputs (see below) this as the first
line of it's output:
C:\cygwin\bincygcheck -s
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Wed Feb 13 16:55:23 2013
Windows Longhorn/Vista (not yet supported!) Ver 6.0 Build 6002 Service Pack 2
Running under WOW64 on AMD64
Per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008
Longhorn is Windows Server 2008 (built on the same codebase as
Windows Vista).
So, apologising for this somewhat lengthy pre-amble, I would
appreciate input from the community:
1. The cygwin.com home page and FAQ appears to state that Cygwin is
supported on Windows Server 2008.
The cygcheck author(s) explicitly state that Longhorn (aka Windows
Server 2008) is not supported.
Which is right?
2. Is a definitive root cause known for the 00ash.sh / 98% halting problem?
3. Is there a definitive work around for this? The best I can find to date is
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-09/msg00551.html which provides only the
assurance that 'Hopefully one of these two procedures will get all your
postinstall scripts to run.'
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Attached : Output from cygcheck -s -v -r cygcheck.out
--- The actual user name string has been replaced with USERNAME ---
c:\cygwin\bincygcheck -s -v -r cygcheck_s_r_v.txt
'id' program not found
'id' program not found
c:\cygwin\bintype cygcheck.out
Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Wed Feb 13 16:55:23 2013
Windows Longhorn/Vista (not yet supported!) Ver 6.0 Build 6002 Service Pack 2
Running under WOW64 on AMD64
Running in Terminal Service session
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\MKS Toolkit\mksnt
C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\bin64
C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\bin
C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\bin\X11
C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\mksnt
D:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBNode\apps\jre\bin\classic
D:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBNode\lib\cpp
D:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBNode\apps\proxy\cpp\vc60\MT_dll\bin
C:\Windows\system32
C:\Windows
C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
C:\IBM\ITM\bin
C:\IBM\ITM\TMAITM6
C:\IBM\ITM\InstallITM
SysDir: C:\Windows\system32
WinDir: C:\Users\USERNAME\WINDOWS
HOME = 'C:\Users\USERNAME'
Path = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MKS
Toolkit\mksnt;C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\bin64;C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\bin;C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~
1\bin\X11;C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\mksnt;D:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBNode\apps\jre\bin\classic;D:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBN
ode\lib\cpp;D:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBNode\apps\proxy\cpp\vc60\MT_dll\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\Sy
stem32\Wbem;C:\IBM\ITM\bin;C:\IBM\ITM\TMAITM6;C:\IBM\ITM\InstallITM'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\ProgramData'
APPDATA = 'C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming'
CANDLE_HOME = 'C:\IBM\ITM'
CLIENTNAME = 'USCHCTXPS13'
CommonProgramFiles = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files'
CommonProgramFiles(x86) = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files'
CommonProgramW6432 = 'C:\Program
