On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 09:36:09AM +0100, Nikhil Nair nnair-at-pobox.com |Sourceforge| wrote: > First issue: I'm not sure what the -K flag to setup-x86_64.exe does (a la > the instructions on the Cygwin Ports front page), but it seems to have the > result that setup doesn't launch at all. I tried: > > 1. cygstart -- path-to-setup.exe -K (from within Cygwin); nothing > happened. When I remove the -K flag, I get the user account control dialog > box as usual, and when I click on yes (yes, I do want to allow the program > to make changes to my computer), setup launches fine. > > 2. I tried creating a shortcut to setup-x86_64.exe, adding the -K flag to > the target, and use that to launch it. Same result: nothing, and removing > the -K flag makes it operate as usual.
You seem to be missing the next argument to that command: the URI of the Cygwin Ports GPG key. The -K flag speficies that URI; you can see the purpose of all the command line arguments by running `setup-<arch>.exe --help` from a command line, or at https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.cli. > So that's issue 1. I tried proceeding without -K, but everything ground to > a halt when setup.ini from ftp.cygwinports.org was rejected; setup > complained of a corrupted mirror. I'm not sure if that's something the -K > flag was supposed to bypass... Yes, that's what the -K flag is for. Specifying the GPG key allows the setup program to verify the packages provided by the mirror. No GPG key means the packages look invalid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
