PS - This is a bug in the current setup.exe as I downloaded a new setup.exe yesterday, when this occurred.
Paul, Brent S wrote on 26 June 2008 16:32:
<snip> However I get an error that "setup.exe has
encountered a problem and needs to close." and I can't get past it. I've
tried rebooting and even downloaded the Python package a second time, but
it won't let me install Python. I'm able to install other packages, just
not python. I've tried 5-6 times and it ends the same way each time
(badly). Is there any recourse other than removing my entire Cygwin
installation and then trying again? I really don't want to do
You have the same problem as in the thread that includes
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-04/msg00065.html
This is a known bug: when killed, setup.exe can leave a corrupt .gz-format
listing file behind in /etc/setup. We've fixed it in cvs, but I'm not sure
off the top of my head whether we've released a new version since the fix
and you must be using an old download of setup.exe, or whether the release
version is still lacking the fix, so if a re-download of setup.exe from the
cygwin.com website doesn't fix it, try the build I left on rapidshare a
while back:
http://rapidshare.com/files/98717404/setup.exe
(There's a new release of setup.exe in the pipeline, coming Real Soon
Now!)
cheers,
DaveK