[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, all - > > I have noticed recently that Cygwin setup will prompt to disable a virus > scanner on my machine. This is odd, because I do not have a virus scanner > running. > > After looking in the code (setup/AntiVirus.cc from CVS, v2.5 Tue Jul 29 > 14:14:06 2003 UTC), and after looking in the log, I must conclude that the > framework code is not using AntiVirusPage::wantsActivation() in the way that > this file expects. > > Here is a complete log when I ran setup until it showed the disable virus > screen, and then hit cancel: > 2003/10/01 14:39:20 Starting cygwin install, version 2.415 > 2003/10/01 14:39:20 Current Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\stephen\My > Documents\Cygwin > 2003/10/01 14:39:20 Changing gid to Users > 2003/10/01 14:39:20 Could not open service McShield for query, start and > stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access. > 2003/10/01 14:53:05 Ending cygwin install > > Note that detect() did in fact correctly determine that McAffe is not > installed, so KnownAVIsPresent must be false, but the disable antivirus page > was displayed regardless.
I investigated, and it seems that the base class wantsActivation is always being called. I don't know why, though. Gary, would you be able to take a look at this? Alternate reproduction: Choose "Download only". The "install directory" page incorrectly appears. Max.