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On Dec 4 17:41, bartels wrote: > On 12/04/2013 03:23 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Dec 4 14:53, bartels wrote: > >>On 12/04/2013 02:11 PM, marco atzeri wrote: > >>>Il 12/4/2013 1:35 PM, bartels ha scritto: > >>>>On 12/04/2013 01:23 PM, marco atzeri wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>>I am looking for the cause of the problem, so that I know how to prevent > >>>>>>it. > >>>>>>Or is the only answer to simply run rebaseall after installation? > >>>>>usually yes > >>>>If that is the case, then why is it not part of the installation? > >>>currently, it is part of the installation > >>> > >>> /etc/postinstall/autorebase.bat.done > >>> > >>>$ cygcheck -f /etc/postinstall/autorebase.bat > >>>_autorebase-000444-1 > >Your attached cygcheck output claims something else. The rebase version > >should be updated to 4.4.1 as well. > > Don't think there is a mismatch: that output was Marco's, not mine. > Unless I misunderstand . . . http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-12/msg00085.html was your mail, so it's kind of hard to imagine that the attached cygcheck output was Marco's. Check the version numbers. It's _autorebase-000425-1 and rebase-4.4.0-1 in the cygcheck output. > >Ah, that is an interesting one: > > > >$ rebase -si > >rebase: failed to open rebase database "/etc/rebase.db.i386": > >No such file or directory > >...this here means that rebase never created the database, which in turn > >could point to rebase crashing or not having sufficient privileges on > >/etc. Something like that. > > > >What happens if you stop all Cygwin processes, including any service > >you installed, then start dash, make sure you're in /bin, and then > >call `./rebaseall -p'. Any helpful output? > > How about this; sure looks like something is wrong: > > ./rebaseall -p > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file Yes, something is wrong. Looks like you removed the /etc/setup directory or the contents of that dir. The content is created and maintained by the setup installer and rebaseall needs the information. Don't play games with the files under /etc unless you want to break your installation. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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