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Re: gnome and hicolor exit code 127 for /usr/bin .vs. /bin
- From: "Brian Wilson" <wilson at ds dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 10:27:02 -0400
- Subject: Re: gnome and hicolor exit code 127 for /usr/bin .vs. /bin
- References: <20120929193527.M64303@ds.net> <5067C99F.60108@gmail.com> <20120930131238.M10095@ds.net> <20121001120725.M34953@ds.net>
> > > >>> I have been doing setup updates for a few weeks with the error as
shown in
> > the following paragraph.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Package: Unknown package
> > > >>> gnome-icon-theme.sh exit code 127
> > > >>> hicolor-icon-theme.sh exit code 127
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> snip <<<
> > > the scripts are not incorrect. They works for almost everyone,
> > > but there is a unknown glitch on you machine,
> > > eventually it is only a "false" return error that fools setup.exe.
> >
> > Before I do the alternate installation suggested, is there anything
> > I may do to help debug the "unknown glitch". It is very consistent
> > on my Windows XP Pro
> > (SP3) system (3.33 GHz, 4 GB memory). If there is some log file, or
> > other diagnostic I could run while executing setup?
> >
>
> I've done a little more testing and the 127 return code is coming
> from the "/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache --force
> /usr/share/icons/..." command line in the scripts. I get the 127
> error message even if I run this command from the command line.
> This call is supposed to update the icon cache file with the latest
> entries. The icon-theme.cache file does exist for both the hicolor
> and gnome directories. It appears that gtk-update-icon-cache does
> not return a zero exit code; but I don't see any reason for the 127
> (file not found) error.
The line should read "The icon-theme.cache file does not exist for both the
hicolor and gnome directories." This command is supposed to create the
cache file and it does not appear to be working.
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