problem with lftp 2.6.8-1 postinstall script

[Mark Blackburn]

I apologize for the trouble this is causing people. I'm looking into 
this problem now.
I didn't test the install with setup. I just ran my postinstall script 
by hand to test it. I don't know why installing with setup is having 
this effect.

For now I suggest that no one installs the lftp-2.6.8 package.

I also ask that this package be removed from the cygwin.com ftp server 
until I can package a 2.6.8-2 version.

Mark Blackburn

Andrew Waltman wrote:

>For me when installing lftp 2.6.8-1 the postinstall script at
>/etc/postinstall/lftp.sh gets stuck in an infinite loop on lines 23-27 if
>you have and existing /etc/lftp.conf file. The output gets set to the
>/var/log/setup.log.full file filling up the disk. I cancelled the install
>and found that the file was over a 1.5 GB in size! I removed the file,
>reinstalled the package, killed the sh process of the postinstall script
>and the rest of the postinstall scripts for the other packages finished
>successfully. The setup.log.full showed more of the same output from the
>lftp.sh script, but since the sh process was killed did not fill the disk
>again. I guess another workaround would be to move the /etc/lftp.conf out
>of the way before the running the installer and put it back when it is done
>(unless you want the new version).
>
>I don't know if anyone else has run into this, but thought I should send
>something out to let people know to be on the lookout.
>
>Thanks,
>Andrew
>
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