On 1/4/06, Nik Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/4/06, Eric Vlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Igor, > > > > Earlier I was using setup.exe version 2.510.2.2. I updated and tried both > > version 2.521 and 2.523, with no success. I use "Direct Connection," not IE5 > > settings. Are you able to repeat my error on your system? > > > > I just tried to add a package using the latest cygwin setup, and also > get the exact same error message "(null) line 10196: syntax error, > unexpected $undefined, > expecting STRING." I had just run setup 10 minutes earlier to get X, > and it worked fine. I use firefox, and dont cache any files. >
FYI, line 10196 contains the text: @ ~netbpm > > > > Here is a detailed explanation of what I was doing: > > I bought a new computer and need to install cygwin from scratch. The first > > time I ran the setup.exe, everything worked fine, and I spent about 10 > > minutes going through all the modules, copying my old configuration. When I > > finally had all that I wanted, I hit "next." an error came up telling me the > > connection was lost. From then on, every attempt to load setup.bz2 gave me > > the "...unexpected $undefined..." error. The weird thing is that on my old > > computer and my co-workers computer, both having a working version of > > cygwin, the same problem occurs. > > > > Attatched is setup.log.full (not very helpful, but maybe you can find a > > hint?) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Eric Vlach wrote: > > > > > >> At 8:30am PST, setup worked fine. Then at 8:50am PST, the following > > >> error occured, and has been occuring ever since: > > >> > > >> Cygwin's setup.exe (using a copy downloaded 1/4/2005, 9:20am) fails to > > >> load the setup file. After selecting a mirror, it downloads the > > >> setup.bz2 file, and upon reading it encounters an error. Message box > > >> pops up with: "(null) line 10196: syntax error, unexpected $undefined, > > >> expecting STRING." > > >> > > >> I tried this with a dozen different mirrors, as well as on two other > > >> computers, with no success. Any ideas? > > > > > > Try the latest setup snapshot: <http://cygwin.com/setup/snapshots/>. > > > Also, did you use "IE5 settings" for your connection? If so, try clearing > > > the IE cache -- you may be using a stale version of setup.bz2. > > > > > > If this doesn't help, please post the content of /var/log/setup.log.full. > > > HTH, > > > Igor > > > -- > > > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > > > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) > > > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski > > > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > > > > > "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends > > > compte." > > > "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough > > > in > > > that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/