Re: Problem installing setup-1.7
On Apr 27 18:36, Charles Wilson wrote: Corinna Vinschen wrote: The problem is that this doesn't allow a parallel installation for now, even if setup-1.7 is working as advertised. That's what I was trying to say. I should add code to the script which replaces all $OLD_CYGWINROOT path components with $NEW_CYGWINROOT on the fly to support that. That would be useful, during the transition. Right. I'll look into it ASAP. /etc/fstab.d/$USER is created and old 1.5 registry user mount points are copied to /etc/fstab.d/$USER on the fly when the user starts the shell the first time. That's done by the new /etc/profile.d/user-fstab.c?sh scripts in base-cygwin. it == 000-cygwin-post-install.sh. I didn't know there were /other/ components of base-cygwin that /would/ handle that part. Isn't it nice to have a surprise every day? :) Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: Problem installing setup-1.7
On Apr 28 10:51, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 27 18:36, Charles Wilson wrote: Corinna Vinschen wrote: The problem is that this doesn't allow a parallel installation for now, even if setup-1.7 is working as advertised. That's what I was trying to say. I should add code to the script which replaces all $OLD_CYGWINROOT path components with $NEW_CYGWINROOT on the fly to support that. That would be useful, during the transition. Right. I'll look into it ASAP. Should be fixed in the just uploaded base-cygwin 0.3-1. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Problem installing setup-1.7
I tried to install setup-1.7 on a system running a normal release before. I've deleted the whole C:\cygwin dir from the disk and removed all cygwin/cygnus related items from the registry. But after running the new setup the mounts for /usr/bin and /usr/lib where missing. Also there is no /etc/fstab file. What went wrong here? Steffen
Re: Problem installing setup-1.7
Steffen Sledz wrote: I tried to install setup-1.7 on a system running a normal release before. I've deleted the whole C:\cygwin dir from the disk and removed all cygwin/cygnus related items from the registry. But after running the new setup the mounts for /usr/bin and /usr/lib where missing. Also there is no /etc/fstab file. What went wrong here? There used to be a script, 000-cygwin-post-install.sh, bundled with the cygwin package itself (well, 1.7 versions anyway), that did this. It was recently moved to a package of its own, 'base-cygwin'. However, that package does not seem to have been added to the 'Base' category, or has not been uploaded to the release-2 area (I don't know which). In any case, setup-1.7 didn't download it for me, either. Here's the important part of the /etc/fstab file that it should have created: C:/cygwin-1.7 /some_fs binary 0 0 C:/cygwin-1.7/bin /usr/bin some_fs binary 0 0 C:/cygwin-1.7/lib /usr/lib some_fs binary 0 0 ...modify to suit your needs. -- Chuck
Re: Problem installing setup-1.7
On Apr 27 10:41, Charles Wilson wrote: Steffen Sledz wrote: I tried to install setup-1.7 on a system running a normal release before. I've deleted the whole C:\cygwin dir from the disk and removed all cygwin/cygnus related items from the registry. But after running the new setup the mounts for /usr/bin and /usr/lib where missing. Also there is no /etc/fstab file. What went wrong here? There used to be a script, 000-cygwin-post-install.sh, bundled with the cygwin package itself (well, 1.7 versions anyway), that did this. It was recently moved to a package of its own, 'base-cygwin'. However, that package does not seem to have been added to the 'Base' category, or has not been uploaded to the release-2 area (I don't know which). In any case, setup-1.7 didn't download it for me, either. It hasn't been uploaded to the release-2 area yet. I simply forgot to do it yesterday, sorry. I'm going to upload it in a minute. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: Problem installing setup-1.7
On Apr 27 17:56, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 27 10:41, Charles Wilson wrote: Steffen Sledz wrote: I tried to install setup-1.7 on a system running a normal release before. I've deleted the whole C:\cygwin dir from the disk and removed all cygwin/cygnus related items from the registry. But after running the new setup the mounts for /usr/bin and /usr/lib where missing. Also there is no /etc/fstab file. What went wrong here? There used to be a script, 000-cygwin-post-install.sh, bundled with the cygwin package itself (well, 1.7 versions anyway), that did this. It was recently moved to a package of its own, 'base-cygwin'. However, that package does not seem to have been added to the 'Base' category, or has not been uploaded to the release-2 area (I don't know which). In any case, setup-1.7 didn't download it for me, either. It hasn't been uploaded to the release-2 area yet. I simply forgot to do it yesterday, sorry. I'm going to upload it in a minute. Nevertheless, take the scripts carefully for now. I have a nagging feeling that my approach to fetch the old mount points from the registry is not exactly foolproof. Something about the rootdir... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: Problem installing setup-1.7
Corinna Vinschen wrote: Nevertheless, take the scripts carefully for now. I have a nagging feeling that my approach to fetch the old mount points from the registry is not exactly foolproof. Something about the rootdir... Well, if you follow Brian instructions here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-04/msg00299.html Then when you run setup-1.7.exe you don't /have/ any mounts in the registry -- so all you'll get in /etc/fstab are the basic default mounts. [*] Later, when setup-1.7.exe is updated -- so that we don't have to remove all the 1.5 mount info from the registry before running setup-1.7.exe -- it'll work better on that initial install, but only for system mounts - /etc/fstab. It doesn't attemp to replicate user mounts (for all users? current user? some selected group of 'cygwin' users? Yech!) into /etc/fstab.d/. That's ok, IMO, but when we release 1.7, end-users need to know about that update quirk. -- Chuck [*] 'course, 000-cygwin-post-install.sh does more than just manipulate mounts and /etc/fstab
Re: Problem installing setup-1.7
On Apr 27 15:09, Charles Wilson wrote: Corinna Vinschen wrote: Nevertheless, take the scripts carefully for now. I have a nagging feeling that my approach to fetch the old mount points from the registry is not exactly foolproof. Something about the rootdir... Well, if you follow Brian instructions here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-04/msg00299.html Then when you run setup-1.7.exe you don't /have/ any mounts in the registry -- so all you'll get in /etc/fstab are the basic default mounts. [*] Later, when setup-1.7.exe is updated -- so that we don't have to remove all the 1.5 mount info from the registry before running setup-1.7.exe -- it'll work better on that initial install, but only for system mounts - /etc/fstab. It doesn't attemp to replicate user mounts (for all users? current user? some selected group of 'cygwin' users? Yech!) into /etc/fstab.d/. That's ok, IMO, but when we release 1.7, end-users need to know about that update quirk. I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. The postinstall script is supposed to create the mount points according to the user's 1.5 based system registry mount table. This is for a replacement of a 1.5 with a 1.7 installation, as it's supposed to be at one point. The problem is that this doesn't allow a parallel installation for now, even if setup-1.7 is working as advertised. I should add code to the script which replaces all $OLD_CYGWINROOT path components with $NEW_CYGWINROOT on the fly to support that. /etc/fstab.d/$USER is created and old 1.5 registry user mount points are copied to /etc/fstab.d/$USER on the fly when the user starts the shell the first time. That's done by the new /etc/profile.d/user-fstab.c?sh scripts in base-cygwin. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: Problem installing setup-1.7
Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 27 15:09, Charles Wilson wrote: Then when you run setup-1.7.exe you don't /have/ any mounts in the registry -- so all you'll get in /etc/fstab are the basic default mounts. [*] Later, when setup-1.7.exe is updated -- so that we don't have to remove all the 1.5 mount info from the registry before running setup-1.7.exe -- it'll work better on that initial install, but only for system mounts - /etc/fstab. I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. The postinstall script is supposed to create the mount points according to the user's 1.5 based system registry mount table. Right. And once cygwin-1.7 is released, and *regular* users use setup.exe to upgrade an existing installation of cygwin-1.5 to cygwin-1.7, that will work fine. This is for a replacement of a 1.5 with a 1.7 installation, as it's supposed to be at one point. Exactly. The problem is that this doesn't allow a parallel installation for now, even if setup-1.7 is working as advertised. That's what I was trying to say. I should add code to the script which replaces all $OLD_CYGWINROOT path components with $NEW_CYGWINROOT on the fly to support that. That would be useful, during the transition. It doesn't attemp to replicate user mounts (for all users? current user? some selected group of 'cygwin' users? Yech!) into /etc/fstab.d/. That's ok, IMO, but when we release 1.7, end-users need to know about that update quirk. /etc/fstab.d/$USER is created and old 1.5 registry user mount points are copied to /etc/fstab.d/$USER on the fly when the user starts the shell the first time. That's done by the new /etc/profile.d/user-fstab.c?sh scripts in base-cygwin. it == 000-cygwin-post-install.sh. I didn't know there were /other/ components of base-cygwin that /would/ handle that part. -- Chuck
