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RE: Failure with fork()
- From: "Thrall, Bryan" <bryan dot thrall at flightsafety dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: "Thrall, Bryan" <bryan dot thrall at flightsafety dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:55:31 -0500
- Subject: RE: Failure with fork()
- References: <alpine dot DEB dot 2 dot 02 dot 1306271112580 dot 27492 at enira dot zlyna dot ubzr> <alpine dot DEB dot 2 dot 02 dot 1306271148230 dot 27492 at enira dot zlyna dot ubzr> <51CC8EE9 dot 1080401 at gmail dot com> <alpine dot DEB dot 2 dot 02 dot 1306271225460 dot 27492 at enira dot zlyna dot ubzr> <51CCA4E8 dot 1040601 at cygwin dot com>
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote on 2013-06-27:
> On 6/27/2013 4:33 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>> So the question still remains how do I gain access to a version of
>> setup.exe with the fork fix that will allow me to not only initialize
>> my Cygwin distribution for Wine without the fork abort, but also
>> subsequently update it to install all components of Cygwin that I
>> need?
>
> Since you want to just run 'setup.exe', you need a new cygwin package
> (i.e. cygwin-1.7.2*-*) before you'll be able to do what you want
> without any extra effort on your part. So unless you're willing to
> build your own version of this package and put it in your download
> directory in the appropriate spot (after you've downloaded the
> packages you want), you want to just wait for the next announcement
> for the cygwin package.
Since the fork bug is only affecting the execution of the postinstall
scripts, couldn't the OP install the snapshot in the partially-complete
Cygwin install, then run setup.exe to finish the postinstall scripts?
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