Christoph Otto wrote: > I'm trying to make an automated cygwin install as part of another > project. Everything works as expected, except on my boss's tablet > (running XP with all updates). There the installer runs into a error > parsing an ini file (presumably my setup.ini) when using the stable > setup.exe (v2.510.2.2). A screenshot of this error is at > https://research.ori.org/rft/cygbug/parsing_error.png . The only > changes I made to the setup.ini were to add some Perl packages to the > Base category so they'd be installed automatically. I also tried to > build setup.exe from CVS, but using that exectuable gives me a runtime > error (https://research.ori.org/rft/cygbug/runtime_error.png). > Again, everything (both normal and CVS setup.exe) works fine on the > other two machines I have for testing. The only failures happen on my > boss's tablet. Logs from the install with the stable setup.exe are in > the same directory.
I think we're going to need more detail to be able to tell you anything useful. For example, a link to the edited setup.ini that won't parse, or the exact configure/make commands you used to build. Brian