RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation process now follow XFree86 standard

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

It works just fine over here :-O  Here is what I did
put everything /tmp directory
then
bunzip2 extract.exe.bz2
then
sh Xinstall.sh

and installation proceeds....

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Travis Howell [mailto:kirben@optushome.com.au] 
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:43 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation 
> process now follow XFree86 standard
> 
> 
> I'm starting Xinstall.sh from / and a copy of extract.exe is 
> already there
> as you can see from previous message.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> To: "'Travis Howell'" <kirben@optushome.com.au>;
> <cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 9:38 PM
> Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation process now
> follow XFree86 standard
> 
> 
> > Can you put the extract executable in the same directory 
> from where you
> are
> > executing Xinstall.sh, then execute script?
> > Let me know
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Travis Howell [mailto:kirben@optushome.com.au]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:38 AM
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com
> > > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation
> > > process now follow XFree86 standard
> > >
> > >
> > > extract seems to work fine from either directory, see 
> output below:
> > >
> > > Administrator@CO3007967-A /
> > > $ extract
> > > extract: No .tgz files specified
> > > Try `extract --help' for more information.
> > >
> > > Administrator@CO3007967-A /bin
> > > $ extract
> > > extract: No .tgz files specified
> > > Try `extract --help' for more information.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> > > To: "'Travis Howell'" <kirben@optushome.com.au>;
> > > <cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 9:34 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and 
> installation process now
> > > follow XFree86 standard
> > >
> > >
> > > > from the error what I see, it is unable to find "extract".
> > > >
> > > > What happen if you type extract at the bash prompt?  If it
> > > is in your
> > > path,
> > > > it should return an error, if not then it should say 
> file not found.
> > > >
> > > > Suhaib
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Travis Howell [mailto:kirben@optushome.com.au]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:29 AM
> > > > > To: cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com
> > > > > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation
> > > > > process now follow XFree86 standard
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have already downloaded extract.exe.bz2, extracted it and
> > > > > copied it to
> > > > > /bin as per the user guide
> > > > > So extract.exe is in both / and /bin so I have no idea why
> > > > > the script is
> > > > > having trouble using it.
> > > > > The script itself creates a symbolic link from /gnu-tar to
> > > > > /extract.exe so
> > > > > again the script should be finding it
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> > > > > To: "'Travis Howell'" <kirben@optushome.com.au>;
> > > > > <cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 9:14 PM
> > > > > Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and
> > > installation process now
> > > > > follow XFree86 standard
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > You must download extract.exe.bz2, unbzip2 and put it
> > > > > somewhere in your
> > > > > PATH
> > > > > > and best create a symlink to it
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ln -s extract.exe gnu-tr
> > > > > > .  Extract.exe is a highly modified, by Xfree86 
> Inc, GNU tar.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Suhaib
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Travis Howell [mailto:kirben@optushome.com.au]
> > > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:11 AM
> > > > > > > To: cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Archive names and installation
> > > > > > > process now follow XFree86 standard
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm using Cygwin 1.3.2 on Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2),
> > > > > > > Cygwin is installed
> > > > > > > in C:/Cygwin/
> > > > > > > I didn't have any success at all with the new install
> > > > > > > process, I followed
> > > > > > > exact intructions in your user guide but the script just
> > > > > fails mostly:
> > > > > > > BTW why not just modify cygwin's setup.exe to allow simple
> > > > > > > download, install
> > > > > > > and setup through gui ?
> > > > > > > The script output is below:
> > > > > > > Administrator@CO3007967-A /
> > > > > > > $ ./Xinstall.sh
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >                 Welcome to the XFree86 4.1.0 installer
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You are strongly advised to backup your existing XFree86
> > > > > installation
> > > > > > > before proceeding.  This includes the /usr/X11R6 
> and /etc/X11
> > > > > > > directories.  The installation process will overwrite
> > > > > existing files
> > > > > > > in those directories, and this may include some
> > > > > configuration files
> > > > > > > that may have been customised.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If you are installing a version different from 4.1.0, you
> > > > > > > may need an updated version of this installer script.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Do you wish to continue? (y/n) [n] y
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Checking which OS you're running...
> > > > > > > uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-5.0' version '1.3.2(0.39/3/2)',
> > > > > architecture
> > > > > > > 'i686'.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > chmod: changing permissions of `extract': No such file or
> > > > > directory
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Warning: can't detect the bindist version
> > > > > > > Checking for required files ...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Creating /usr/X11R6
> > > > > > > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib
> > > > > > > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Removing some old directories that are no longer 
> required...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Creating /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb
> > > > > > > Extracting Xetc.tgz into a temporary location ...
> > > > > > > //extract: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the app-defaults config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the fs config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the lbxproxy config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the proxymngr config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the rstart config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the twm config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found//gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Installing the xdm config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the xinit config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the xsm config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the xserver config files ...
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > //gnu-tar: not found
> > > > > > > Installing the XftConfig config file ...
> > > > > > > + cp -p .etctmp/XftConfig /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XftConfig
> > > > > > > cp: cannot stat `.etctmp/XftConfig': No such file 
> or directory
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Installing the mandatory parts of the binary distribution
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > //extract: not found
> > > > > > > //extract: not found
> > > > > > > //extract: not found
> > > > > > > //extract: not found
> > > > > > > //extract: not found
> > > > > > > //extract: not found
> > > > > > > //extract: not found
> > > > > > > Checking for post-release updates ...
> > > > > > > Checking for optional components to install ...
> > > > > > > Do you want to install Xfsrv.tgz (font server)? (y/n) [y]
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
>