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RE: Reinstall: Choice: DON'T install X - quirks in postinstall


Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

> Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
>> I chose to NOT install the X category of software (right now),
>> thus all X-requiring stuff should have been deselected.
>
> This is a feature that is not available in setup.exe.

 Hmm... I've been reading very much of setup-related postings and this is
the first time that THIS thing has been spelled out.

 Therefore I have doubts, is this REALLY true? I can see the effects beeing
a tad in this direction:
 X packages didn't get installed, but the packages (below) that requires
cygX11-6.dll did get installed - I had expected this to not happen.

 What DOES the requires line in the setup data file actually provide when it
comes to functionality?


Googling seems to show up the *inverse* problem; i.e. *not* running the
postinstall scripts when actually asked to:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:cygwin.com+inurl:2004+postinstall+gtk2-x
11.sh&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&start=0&sa=N

This OTOH doesn't seem to match my problem at all;
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:cygwin.com+inurl:2004+postinstall+post-t
exmf.sh&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&start=10&sa=N

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE Microcomputer systems            --72-->

>> I got this;
>>
>> 99% - Cygwin Setup
>> Running
>>
>> /etc/postinstall/gtk2-x11.sh
>> ---------------------------
>> gtk-query-immodules-2.0.exe - Unable To Locate DLL
>> ---------------------------
>>
>>  and
>>
>> /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh
>> ---------------------------
>> mfw.exe - Unable To Locate DLL
>> ---------------------------
>>
>> -- BOTH displaying the dialog text --
>> The dynamic link library cygX11-6.dll could not be found in the
>> specified path <$PATH contents>
>
> Yes of course.  Install X and rerun the postinstall scripts in
> question.
>
>
> Gerrit




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