Setup version 2.573.2.3 hangs when parsing ini file

[Jason Schamp]

Hi. I'm new, first post, and getting to know Cygwin for SSH. I'm using a 
vbscript to install Cygwin on several servers. The script's executes 
this line, which launches setup.exe successfully:

setup.exe -d -q -R C:\Cygwin -L "C:\documents and 
settings\schamji\desktop\new-cygwin installation v2.3"

Setup begins to parse the ini file, but never begins installing. It 
consumes 100% of the CPU and chews up memory by about 2MB per second 
until the server runs out of memory. In C:\Cygwin\var\log, the setup.log 
and setup.log.full files are created. Setup.log contains this:

2009/10/27 13:28:22 Starting cygwin install, version 2.573.2.3
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-action) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-mirror) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-connection) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-cache) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-extrakeys) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 Current Directory: C:\Documents and 
Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin Installation v2.3
2009/10/27 13:28:22 Changing gid to Users
2009/10/27 13:28:22 Could not open service McShield for query, start and 
stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access.
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/installed.db) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 root: C:\Cygwin binary user
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-cache) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 Selected local directory: C:\Documents and 
Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin Installation v2.3
2009/10/27 13:28:23 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/timestamp) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:38:57 Ending cygwin install


Setup.log.full contains this after only running few a few minutes:


2009/10/27 13:28:22 Starting cygwin install, version 2.573.2.3
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-action) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-mirror) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-connection) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-cache) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-extrakeys) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 Current Directory: C:\Documents and 
Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin Installation v2.3
2009/10/27 13:28:22 Changing gid to Users
2009/10/27 13:28:22 Could not open service McShield for query, start and 
stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access.
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/installed.db) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 root: C:\Cygwin binary user
2009/10/27 13:28:22 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-cache) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
2009/10/27 13:28:22 Selected local directory: C:\Documents and 
Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin Installation v2.3
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
2009/10/27 13:28:23 io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/timestamp) 
failed 2 No such file or directory
Removing empty category Accessibility
Removing empty category Audio
Removing empty category Games
Removing empty category Graphics
Removing empty category KDE
Removing empty category Mail
Removing empty category Mingw
Removing empty category Publishing
Removing empty category Security
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
...
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
Found ini file - C:\Documents and Settings\schamji\Desktop\New-Cygwin 
Installation v2.3/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.xmission.com%2fcygwin%2f/setup.ini
2009/10/27 13:38:57 Ending cygwin install


If I launch from the command line WITHOUT the -q switch, it requires me 
to hit enter a few times, but doesn't go into this infinite loop. Any 
ideas?

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple