Re: Installation problems - post install scripts all give "abnormal exit: exit code=128"

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 4/29/2010 11:22 PM, Crow, Frank wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently installed the latest version of the full Cygwin.   I noticed that many things were not working, so I looked at the /var/log/setup.log file.   In that log file, I discovered that all of the package post install scripts failed during installation.    All, except two, give the "abnormal exit: exit code=128" error, such as:
>
>
> 2010/04/25 22:58:53 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/000-cygwin-post-install.sh
> 2010/04/25 22:59:26 abnormal exit: exit code=128
> 2010/04/25 22:59:26 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh
> 2010/04/25 22:59:53 abnormal exit: exit code=128
> 2010/04/25 22:59:53 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/coreutils.sh
> 2010/04/25 23:00:19 abnormal exit: exit code=128
> 2010/04/25 23:00:19 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/terminfo.sh
> 2010/04/25 23:00:47 abnormal exit: exit code=128
> 2010/04/25 23:00:47 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile /etc/postinstall/bash.sh
> 2010/04/25 23:01:14 abnormal exit: exit code=128
>
> I did some internet searches and have found a couple other people reporting this problem.    Unfortunately, in every case, there has never been a resolution or fix posted in reply.
>
> I tried a bit of hacking: I went into the /etc/postinstall directory and ran
> all of the post install scripts manually.   While this did have some amount
> of success, it still did not result in a fully functional Cygwin
> installation.   As the scripts ran, many errors were reported.   Too many to
> list here.   But at least now I have the Cygwin and Cygwin-X start menus,
> which I did not have before.
>
>
> So my questions are:
>
> 1. Does anyone know what "exit code=128" or "exit code=129" mean?   Or where
> to find out what those errors mean?
> 2. Does anyone know why all of the post install scripts fail in this manner
> for some installations such as mine?   Or how to better troubleshoot or fix
> the problem(s)?
>
> Any information is highly appreciated.

Generally, this kind of failure stems from a few common problems:

  1. The existence of another (often old) cygwin1.dll.  Find it.  Remove it.
  2. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA.  Remove BLODA.
  3. Possibly fork failures.  Install the rebase package and run
     rebaseall after reading the README in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin.

Also, make sure you're using the latest 'setup.exe' as found at cygwin.com.
Beware of proxies along your path that could be caching an old version.
You want version 2.697.

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

If it's none of the above, please provide cygcheck output as requested by
the link above.

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