OK, here's my 1st experience :) I use Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (russian) and I followed installation instructions accurately. I downloaded the latest version of http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and launched it from cmd with setup.exe -K http://cygwinports.org/ports.gpg command. I selected Install from Internet, selected a mirror (http://mirror.kernel.org) then entered http://downloads.sourceforge.net/cygwin-ports in User URL, clicked Add, made sure that both mirrors are highlighted.
I selected *absolutely all* packages to be installed, then it still prompted to install dependencies, I ticked to install all those too. The download went fine, installation has begun and went fine too. At the point of executing postinstall scripts setup stalled like this http://i53.tinypic.com/hryg3k.png At first I thought it just needs time so I left it for the night. But no, in the morning it was on the same stage. I looked into hicolor-icon-theme.sh script, saw gtk-update-icon-cache.exe in task manager, killed it. The installation went on. Then it stalled again on gnome-icon-theme.sh I looked into this one, saw gtk-update-icon-cache.exe in task manager again, killed it again. And again the installation went on. I had to kill gtk-update-icon-cache.exe a few times because setup stalled at every postinstall script using this utility. Then I made a (not so) smart decision to simply rename /cygwin/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache.exe to /cygwin/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache.bak and setup turned out to be smart and continue working w/o this utility, just omitting calls to it I guess. Then at some point it stalled again. Don't remember the postinstall script name exactly, but it was using fc-cache.exe I did the same trick - renamed fc-cache.exe to fc-cache.bak and after some time setup finished the installation. Everything seems to be good and working right so far. So, does this mean problems with fc-cache.exe and gtk-update-icon-cache.exe? Maybe issues on x64 systems? I guess I didn't ruin the installation because those 2 utilities seem to be creating icons and font caches. That's not critical, is it? Anyway, I'll play with my installation further and will check if other issues arise. Just wanted to report this weird behaviour of above utils. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
