> From: Corinna Vinschen > > On Dec 14 10:49, John Morrison wrote: > > *IF* a /WINDOWS (of some form) was added (in some manner) > > to cygwin, would that mean I could loose the uname call > > from /etc/postinstall/base-files-mketc.sh that's causing > > so much grief under XP? > > I don't understand. What was the problem with uname on XP?
I don't know, but according to the thread "Re: Setup hangs in postinstall" <snip of_email_dated="20031207" from="John Morrison"> > process hangs on two postinstall scripts; > base-files-mketc.sh base-files-mketc does use uname, > base-files-profile.sh base-files-profile does not... > I then try to run the scripts manually and they still hang. > I have run them with sh -x to see where they're getting > stuck and I have found that it is any time they try to assign a > variable > to the output of a command i.e.: OSNAME="`/bin/uname -s`" > I can reproduce the problem with just that line on from a bash or sh > shell prompt. I have also tried to strace this command, but I get no > output at all. Setting variables to a simple string works fine. > > What is interesting is that the problem happens on both my laptop and > the clients workstation, but not my co-workers laptop. They are all > running XP SP1. I also can not reproduce the problem on another laptop > that is running Windows 2000 SP4. </snip> it appears to have problems in a postinstall script. J. PS, I don't use XP.
