RE: cygwin1.dll 1.3.12-2 and attempt to install xfree

["Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

First: Do *not* email me directly.  I am not helping you.  The project is
helping you.

Second: Reread what I wrote you the first time.  You should not be trying to
run Xinstall.sh, nor should you be trying gunzip extract.exe.gz.  Everything
is done via Cygwin's setup.exe.  It this making any sense to you?  It seems
like you didn't even read what I wrote the first time.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. W. Ballantine [mailto:jwb@homer.att.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:28 PM
> To: Harold L Hunt
> Subject: Re: cygwin1.dll 1.3.12-2 and attempt to install xfree
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> As I indicated in my note, one of the issues, and more than likely the
> more important one, was what causing the weird (at least for me) error
> messages and results that were being generated.  The secondary problem
> was really the install.  Once I resolved the Invalid argument issues
> the install would be a piece of cake.
>
>
>
> ----------  In Response to your message -------------
>
> >  Date:  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:07:46 EDT
> >  To:  James Ballantine <jwb@homer.att.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com,
>         cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> >  From:  Harold L Hunt <huntharo@msu.edu>
> >  Subject:  Re: cygwin1.dll 1.3.12-2 and attempt to install xfree
> >
> >  James,
> >
> >  First: wrong mailing list.  Use cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com.  I
> have redirected
> >  this email to the appropriate list, but please be careful to remove
> >  cygwin@cygwin.com if you hit ``reply to all''.
> >
> >  Second: the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide is out of date.
> Cygwin/XFree86 is n
> ow
> >  entirely installed via Cygwin's setup.exe.  Just rerun
> setup.exe, expand the
> >  XFree86 category, and select at least the XFree86-base package.
> >
> >  Harold
> >
> >
> >
> >  James Ballantine <jwb@homer.att.com> said:
> >
> >  > Hi all,
> >  >
> >  > I'm trying to install xfree and I'm getting strange error
> >  > messages/results before the install starts.
> >  >
> >  > I've downloaded and installed the most current cygwin  bits  (as of
> >  > 7/9/02), and downloaded the must current
> >  > xfree bits.  When I try to gunzip extract.exe.gz I get the
> error message :
> >  >    gunzip: extract.exe.gz: Invalid arguement
> >  > When I look in the dir, the gunzipped file is there, with a
> permission
> >  > of rw------- .
> >  >
> >  > When I try and run the Xinstall it tells me:
> >  >
> >  >   checking which OS you're running...
> >  >   uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-5.0' version '1.3.12(0.54/3/2)'
> architecture
> >  > 'i686'.
> >  >
> >  >   chmod: changing permissions of 'extract': no such file or directory
> >  >   ./extract: not found
> >  >   extract doesn't work properly, renaming it to 'extract.bad'
> >  >   mv: preserving times for 'extract.bad' : No such file or directory
> >  >   mv: preserving ownership for 'extract.bad': No such file
> or directory
> >  >   mv: cannot unlink 'extract': No such file or directory
> >  >   mv: cannot remove 'extract': No such file or directory
> >  >   chmod: changing permissions of 'extract': no such file or directory
> >  >   ./extract: not found
> >  >   extract.exe doesn't work properly, renaming it to 'extract.exe.bad'
> >  >
> >  >   The versions of  'extract" and 'extract.exe' you have do not run
> >  >   correctly.  Make sure that you have downloaded the correct
> >  >   binaries for your system.  To find out which is correct,
> >  >   run 'sh ./Xinstall.sh -check'.
> >  >
> >  > This appears to me to be a problem with the setup of cygwin
> rather than a
> >  > problem with xfree, which is why I've mailed to this list.
> I've checked
> >  > the archives
> >  > and either no one else has had this problem, or I've
> searched for the
> >  > wrong key words.
> >  >
> >  > Any pointers to resolving this problem would be appreciated.
> >  >
> >  > Thanks
> >  >
> >  > Jim Ballantine
> >  >
> >  >
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