Full install on XP hangs at /etc/X11/abb-defaults/Bitmap

[Greg Schussman <schussman at slac dot stanford dot edu>]

Hi.

I've just tried to do a full install of cygwin/X on Windows XP.  The 
install hangs at 90%, saying:

Installing

xorgx-x11-etc-6.8.180.1

/etc/X11/app-defaults/Bitmap


When I look at the file structure, etc/X11/app-defaults  is a file, not 
a directory.  Perhaps this is the problem (how can one write to 
app-defaults/Bitmap if app-defaults is not a directory)?

But I think this raises several other things which might benefit from 
fixing as well. 

 1) Instead of hanging, whatever is trying to do this write should be 
able to detect that there is a problem and report a meaningful error 
message.

 2) It would probably be a good idea to test doing a full install on at 
least the most popular operating systems, especially Windows XP.  That 
way, this sort of problem doesn't scare away potential new members of 
the cygwin/X user base, and doesn't generate negative P.R for the project.

Thanks!

Greg