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Re: setup hangs during postinstall
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-rcm at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:18:04 -0400
- Subject: Re: setup hangs during postinstall
- References: <200310101649.RAA27062@aps5.ph.bham.ac.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 05:47:26PM +0100, Dr.D.J.Picton wrote:
>>On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 06:17:08PM -0500, Brian Ford wrote:
>>>Neither hang if setup is launched from bash instead of explorer.
>>
>>Hmm. Maybe I missed this point before. I never run setup from
>>explorer.
>>
>>In any event, can you set the CYGWIN_DEBUG=cygpath and maybe do some
>>search and destroy debugging to see precisely where it is hanging?
>
>I've done some experimentation with setup with similar results, and can
>confirm that the hang depends on the environment from which setup is
>started.
Actually, I trust Brian's observations. He's obviously a sharp guy and
a capable programmer. I wasn't asking for confirmation there. I was
hoping for someone to do some debugging.
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