cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode

Arkady larytet@gmail.com
Wed Dec 20 12:59:00 GMT 2017


Another clue - flags -d -n -N probably solve the problem or make the
problem very rare

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Arkady <larytet@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have little doubt that here is a bug in the Cygwin installer. I
> reproduce the problem
> consistently. I use the following command 10 times
> setup-x86.exe -q -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com
> The setup fails one time of three in my Win10 64 bits setup.
>
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Arkady <larytet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> wrote:
>>> Arkady writes:
>>>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v
>>>>
>>>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to
>>>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "setup-x86_64.exe" has stopped
>>>> working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly..."
>>>
>>> That is usually caused by BLODA that recognizes an application that
>>> tries to elevate itself while run from some script.  The solution may be
>>> as simple as to remove the ADS annotation that says "this executable was
>>> downloaded from the dangerous internet" or you may have to explicitly
>>
>> Thank you, Achim,
>>
>> I am running in the Administrator console - there is "Administrator:
>> Command Prompt" at the top
>> of the windows. I am pulling the file from Internet using a power shell script.
>> According to dir /R there is only one data stream for the file
>>
>>> except setup.exe someplace.  Other potential solutions are to start the
>>> CMD or script with administrative privileges so setup doesn't need to
>>> elevate itslef or use a program like runas that can start setup directly
>>> with elevated privileges.  Which of these is most appropriate to your
>>> environment is something you'll have to find out yourself.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Achim.
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