On Feb 24 08:47, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Corinna Vinschen (Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:28:19 +0100) > > I've uploaded a test version of the Cygwin DLL and its utilities, > > version 1.5.25-8. > > > > The main purpose of this update is to allow Cygwin to run correctly on > > Windows 2008 Server. A change in the exception handling in Windows 2008 > > Server requires to change the exception handling in the Cygwin DLL as > > well, otherwise an exception in a Cygwin process results in an endless > > loop in the OS, taking 100% CPU. I reported this problem upstream. > > [...] > I couldn't install Cygwin on a Windows 2008 machine. The setup stalls > when terminfo.sh /etc/postinstall/terminfo.sh gets executed. Bash goes > up to CPU load between 80% and 100% (but I checked with Process > Monitor that bash does not access the file system or the registry). > > When i first install the new release (click on "experimental") and on > a second run the rest the installation works fine.
That was to be expected. Using 1.5.25-7 results in a hang on the 32 bit version of 2008 when running the postinstall scripts. You must install with 1.5.25-8 immediately. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
