When I ran setup-1.7.exe with the default set of packages selected, the following error message was displayed:
running: C:\cygwin-1.7\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile -c /etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh
abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 'base-files-profile.sh' contains the following line: /bin/mkdir -p `dirname ${fDest}` 'dirname' is /usr/bin/dirname. Does setup-1.7.exe set PATH before running 'base-files-profile.sh'? If not, then this would account for the error. It is possible to rewrite the command without using 'dirname': /bin/mkdir -p ${fDest%/*} $ cygcheck -f /etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh base-files-3.8-3 $ cygcheck -c base-files-3.8 Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status base-files 3.8-3 OK -- 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/