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Re: [PATCH] inform user if any postinstall script failed to run
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 05:28:02PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>On 28/07/2010 15:58, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 03:25:17PM +0100, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>>> Anyhow, here's another attempt, which unfortunately changes rather more than I
>>> wanted to. It adds a new page, which is displayed if any script failed, and
>>> reports which packages and scripts failed.
>>
>> That is great. Please check in (with a ChangeLog of course).
>>
>> I just gave you the ability to check into cygwin-apps and, if you want to update
>> the documentation to winsup/doc.
>
>Thanks. I've checked in the changes to cygwin-apps.
>
>I'll have a look at what documentation changes might be needed.
Jon, I just tried this and I'm getting a blank "Postinstall script
errors" page. The only two packages that should have been installed
were
gcc: C compiler upgrade helper
glib: Gnome C function library (1.2 sources)
(both of which are selected due to a setup.exe bug)
A brief glance at your new code seems to show that this is not intended
behavior. Do you have any idea why this is happening?
gcc