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Re: install process hangs on when run under windows 98 (using setup v2.249.2.4)


Right,
  something is wrong with mkgroup.

I'd offer to look into this myself, but time is at a premium just now.
Corinna has looked at mkgroup recently, perhaps she can shed some light on
this?

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mark.Bevan@gwent.wales.nhs.uk>
To: <robert.collins@syncretize.net>; <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:38 PM
Subject: RE: install process hangs on when run under windows 98 (using setup
v2.249.2.4)


> I have tried to run cygwin following a reboot after a hung install and
think
> I may have found something that may help :
>
> Cygwin runs fine - I get a shell prompt (after creating a home dir for me)
I
> try and run mkgroup (either mkgroup or mkgroup -?) and I get a message in
> the shell window :
>
> BASH: /usr/bin/mkgroup: permission denied
>
> and a dialogue box which is titled error starting program saying :
>
> MKGROUP.EXE is linked to missing export ADVAPI32.DLL:LsaClose
>
> I click on OK and cygwin shell seems ok still - I can enter other commands
> and exit fine.
>
> I checked my system and the DLL is in c:\windows\system from the
properties
> file version tab I have the version 4.80.1675 of the DLL on my system.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert.collins@syncretize.net]
> Sent: 02 July 2002 12:35
> To: Bevan, Mark; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: install process hangs on when run under windows 98 (using
> setup v2.249.2.4)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Mark.Bevan@gwent.wales.nhs.uk>
> To: <robert.collins@syncretize.net>; <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 8:30 PM
> Subject: RE: install process hangs on when run under windows 98 (using
setup
> v2.249.2.4)
>
>
> > I have attached a zip'ed version of the c:\cygwin\etc tree as requested
>
> Thanks. You've got win9x don't you? I need someone else on this list who
has
> 9x to confirm that the default content of the 'group' file should be
empty.
> (I don't think it should be.
>
> All the postinstall files show as completed (they've been renamed to
> foo.done). This is probably due to the failing .dll location, which setup
> won't detect. IOW we haven't managed to test the problem you experienced
yet
> :[.
>
> I think that a corrupt setup.ini has been released, as there was another
> report of a missing cygwin package just earlier today. I haven't looked
into
> this yet, but will do so soon.
>
> Rob
>
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