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Re: 1.5.18-1: cannot start executables (except cygcheck.exe) on windows server 2003 web edition
- From: ericblake at comcast dot net (Eric Blake)
- To: Eduard Witteveen <e dot witteveen at HAWARIT dot COM>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:13:03 +0000
- Subject: Re: 1.5.18-1: cannot start executables (except cygcheck.exe) on windows server 2003 web edition
> >
> > Please ATTACH, not send inline, the output of cygcheck -svr (your -cvr
> > output is not as helpful), per the directions here:
> Thank for pointing out my error, here is the output
Thanks for the full output - it pinpoints your problem:
> Not Found: sh
Somehow, your installation of bash has failed. Rerun setup.exe,
and select bash for reinstallation, so that the postinstall
script will run again and create /bin/sh. Without a working
/bin/sh, many cygwin programs have extreme difficulty.
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Eric Blake
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