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

2017-12-20 Thread n8tm via cygwin
: Re: cygwin installation fails in Windows 10 when running with --quite-mode 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 t

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

2017-12-20 Thread Jon Turney
On 20/12/2017 12:43, Arkady wrote: I can upload VirtualBox VM which demonstrates the problem - this is 14GB image for VirtualBox 5.1.30 Please don't. In any case, you might wish to consult the license you have for Windows to see if you are permitted to do this... On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:

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

2017-12-20 Thread Arkady
I can upload VirtualBox VM which demonstrates the problem - this is 14GB image for VirtualBox 5.1.30 On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Arkady wrote: > 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 wrote: >> I h

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

2017-12-20 Thread Arkady
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 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

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

2017-12-20 Thread Arkady
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 wro

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

2017-12-20 Thread Arkady
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Achim Gratz 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

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

2017-12-20 Thread Achim Gratz
Arkady writes: > Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the > success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time. > > The problem is definitely not new. See, for example, > https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50 > The batch start with

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

2017-12-20 Thread Achim Gratz
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 recognize

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

2017-12-19 Thread Arkady
For the sake of other desperate developers searching for a solution after 14 hours of work This line works (most of the time?): C:\Users\user\Downloads\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -s http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin -P "wget,screen,cat" -a x86 -v -B -d -n -N On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11

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

2017-12-19 Thread Arkady
This is the full log C:\Users\user\Downloads>C:\Users\user\Downloads\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -P "wget,screen,cat" -a x86 -v C:\Users\user\Downloads>note: Hand installation over to elevated child process. Starting cygwin install, version 2.883 User has bac

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

2017-12-19 Thread Arkady
Another update: the quite mode sometimes succeeds. I estimate that the success rate is 30%. It rarely succeeds very first time. The problem is definitely not new. See, for example, https://github.com/boxcutter/windows/blob/master/floppy/cygwin.bat#L50 The batch start with rather encouraging "Force

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

2017-12-18 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-12-18 11:50, Arkady wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Arkady wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Arkady wrote: >>> I am trying to do: >>> setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v >>> The installation fails with the last line "Changing gid to >>> Administrators" and a small dialog box "

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

2017-12-18 Thread Arkady
Reproduced again with Autounattend.xml My goal is to prepare a Windows machine with Cygwin installed. I am trying to script the process. I have the following section the Autounattend.xml file cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\Temp\setup-x86.exe -q -R C:\cygwin -l C:\Windo

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

2017-12-18 Thread Arkady
Ok, I have figured it out setup-x86_64.exe -p "wget,screen" -q -R C:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Arkady wrote: > The following command on a clean Windows 10 virtual machine > setup-x86_64.exe -p wget,screen -q -R C:\cygwin -s > http://cygwin.mirror

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

2017-12-18 Thread Arkady
The following command on a clean Windows 10 virtual machine setup-x86_64.exe -p wget,screen -q -R C:\cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com completes fine, sets the icon on the desktop. When I open the cygwin terminal and try commands wget or screen I am getting "command not found" Indeed fold

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

2017-12-18 Thread Arkady
I tried again on the clean Windows VM setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com After that I tried setup-x86_64.exe -q -B -R C:\Users\user\Downloads -s http://cygwin/mirror/constant.com -p wget,screen Both worked. Looks like my bad On Mon, Dec 18,

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

2017-12-18 Thread Arkady
Hi, I am trying to do: 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..." I tried setup-x86_64.exe -q -p wget -v -B and