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Re: setup 2.427 runtime error
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:06:09 -0400
- Subject: Re: setup 2.427 runtime error
- References: <BAY16-F17VSxaoKxg9100016bf3@hotmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 01:54:51PM -0400, Patrick Jones wrote:
>I am having a similar problem. I am trying to install from a local
>directory, after having copied the packages from cd to hard drive. set.exe
>gets to the point where it parses (or appears to parse) setup.ini - then
>quits abruptly with an error message to the effect that an error log is
>being written.
>
>Problem is - \etc\setup has no log file...so I can't even diagnose the
>error. Any thoughts?
1) build setup.exe from source.
2) gdb setup.exe
cgf