Larry Hall (Cygwin <reply-to-list-only-lh <at> cygwin.com> writes:
> > On 4/7/2014 5:09 PM, Colin wrote: > > <snip> > > >> Indeed. And if your path under bash doesn't include /usr/bin, then I'll > >> wager your postinstall scripts didn't run or at least > > completely/correctly. > >> See /etc/postinstall for the scripts. If you aren't able to figure out > >> what didn't run properly, you can either try rerunning everything > > manually > >> and looking for faults (if any) or just rerun setup.exe and hope that it > >> has better luck with the scripts the second time around. > >> > > > > Spot on, Larry. $PATH is empty. > > I 'Reinstall'ed Cygwin, but the result is the same. I did take note of > > setup complaining that there is a more recent version available according > > to the ini file (2.774 vs 2.674) but I'm picking that isn't the problem. > > I do find it interesting that the Cygwin Time Machine wouldn't have the > setup version and the archive in sync. You'd have to check with that site > to understand why you're seeing that. > > > /etc/postinstall contains the following "done" script files: > > base-files-mketc.sh.done > > base-files-profile.sh.done > > bash.sh.done > > coreutils.sh.done > > cygwin-doc.sh.done > > man.sh.done > > passwd-grp.sh.done > > terminfo.sh.done > > terminfo0.sh.done > > update-info-dir.sh.done > > > > Is there something missing from that list? What's my next step? I haven't > > yet tried running them manually, that will have to wait until tonight (gmt > > + 12). > > That list seems a bit limited to me, unless you specifically asked for just > those packages to install. Allowing setup to install a default installation > should get you several dozen packages I believe, in 1.5 days. So I'd say > start there and check that. If that doesn't help, check with the Cygwin > Time Machine site for help. > Examination of the install log files revealed that the post-install scripts all failed to execute correctly, with directory and file not found errors. For the record, I found that if installing to the root directory (normally not recommended) that it all works. And yes, my initial goal of compiling an application that will run on the Vortex86MX+ cpu has finally been achieved. My grateful thanks to all who have offered advice. Colin -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple