Brian Dessent wrote: > 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
OK. The configure/make commands were the ones recommended in the readme: https://research.ori.org/rft/cygbug/runconfigure . I've also uploaded the setup.ini (https://research.ori.org/rft/cygbug/setup.ini). The only changes from the default are on lines 9291, 9353 and 9371. Christoph