Greetings, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)! >> All postinstall steps failed because of BLODA or installation path: >> >> 2021/02/09 17:48:06 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\dash.exe >> "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" >> 0 [main] dash (2296) shared_info::initialize: size of shared memory >> region >> changed from 49080 to 40888 >> 2021/02/09 17:48:20 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 ... >> >> Installing under Program\ Files causes issues because of space in path names >> and BLODA-like AV protections on those paths.
> The installation is performed by powershell script that runs with the super > admin (system user/nt authority) from local repository that normally > bypasses all those kind of AV restrictions. I start it from the Cygwin icon > that runs mintty under the hood. I don't know who took those 8KB from the > script's shared memory, but indeed it looks like a BLODA interference. I > will ask the package to be re-installed. In such (administrative install) case, the Cygwin user directories should be redirected, f.e. to the user's profile, IMO. See nsswitch.conf for examples and possible options of such redirection. > We are running Cygwin from "C:\Program Files" for years without issue. Coincidence, I'm sure. > A space in the directory name is a very supported character for Unix and > Unix-like systems as well. Except script writers rarely account for that. Unfortunately. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, March 3, 2021 14:52:49 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple