1.5.18-1 Segfault on setup postinstall

[Andrew Comport]

Hello,

I am still unable to install cygwin. As a summary:
( I have windows XP Sp2 up to date.)

1. I download the most recent version of setup.exe (now 2.510.2.2).
2. I execute using default install settings.
3. Setup.exe hangs at 98% "Installing /etc/postinstall/s00ash.sh"
4. I click cancel and receive the message "installation complete".

Please note that cygwin was working nicely on my machine until about 2 
months ago. I dont know if it was a cygwin update or something else 
installed on my machine. I made a backup and deleted all traces of the old 
cygwin installation including registry entries to try and get it working.

I rely on cywin for many features (xfig, xv, open ssh, etc..) and I really 
need to get it working again. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks in advance,

Andrew



Andrew Comport wrote:

>Eric Blake wrote:
>
>>>I left the install running overnight....still no progress...
>>
>>
>>
>>Part of your problem is explained by this:
>>
>>>Not Found: sh
>>
>>
>>
>>/etc/postinstall/00ash.sh tries to set up a working /bin/sh.  If that
>>fails, then everything else is suspect.
>>
>
>Upon inspection It is bash.exe (called within 00ash.sh) which crashes. I 
>have created a strace for bash.exe which I have attached as a file.  I have 
>been unable to decipher eactly where this crashes.
>
>Please note that i have edited the file to replace my Firstname and 
>Lastname to be Firstname and Lastname.
>
>
>>>Apparently its not cygcheck that crashes but id.exe:
>>>
>>>      3 [main] id 2792 handle_exceptions: Exception: 
>>>STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
>>>  18910 [main] id 2792 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to 
>>>id.exe.stackdu
>>>mp
>>>garbled output from `id' command - no uid= found
>>
>>
>>
>>Figuring this out might help.  Can you run 'strace -o strace.out id'
>>and attach strace.out to your reply, to see if something obvious
>>in id.exe or cygwin1.dll is reading bad memory?  You may also
>>want to try reinstalling coreutils, in case id.exe is corrupt.
>>
>>>I have also checked my PATH  and set it to the basic PATHs of windows 
>>>only so as to make sure no similar commands are on the path (which didnt 
>>>help).
>>
>>
>>
>>While not exactly wrong to change your PATH just before running
>>cygcheck, it is a bit counterintuitive since part of cygcheck's purpose
>>is to diagnose PATH problems in your current PATH.
>>
>
>I actually tried both ways. One with a minimal PATH and one with 
>everything. The cygcheck output was the one without altering the full path.
>
>
>Thanks for you help so far,
>
>Andrew
>
>
>
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