On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 09:52:31AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Feb 15 06:44, Jan Obrestad wrote: >>I have discovered a bug in setup.exe version 2.682. >> >>I tried installing cygwin 1.7.1 on windows 7 x64. It failed with the >>error message: >> >>Unable to extract /etc/ -- the file is in use. >> >>Which was a bit weird since the directory didn't exist yet. >> >>The log message was a bit more clear it said: LOG: 2 Failed to make the >>path for cygfile:///etc/alternatives/README >> >>After much trial and error I found the solution, just by chance. >> >>The setup program suggested installing cygwin in: >> >>C:\cygwin\ >> >>I tried removing the last backspace, like this: >> >>C:\cygwin >> >>Then it installed perfectly. > >Should be fixed in CVS now. Expect a new setup.exe soon.
The new setup.exe is installed. Start your "I still get the old version of setup.exe when I try to download it" discussions now. cgf -- 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
