Re: Cygwin installer v2.774, lyx postinstall error

[marco atzeri <marco dot atzeri at gmail dot com>]

On 1/8/2013 12:17 AM, Tim Collins wrote:
> During and upgrade, an error was receivedfrom postinstall lyx
> processing.  The postinstall processing call is
> "/etc/postinstall/lyx.sh" - it should be
> "/etc/postinstall/lyx.sh/lyx.sh" (or better yet change the directory
> name of "lyx.sh" to "lyx").

the package has no "/etc/postinstall/lyx.sh" directory

$ cygcheck -c lynx
Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version        Status
lynx                 2.8.7-1        OK

$ cygcheck -l lynx |grep etc
/etc/postinstall/lynx.sh
/etc/lynx.lss
/etc/lynx.cfg
/etc/defaults/etc/lynx-site.cfg
/etc/preremove/lynx.sh


> Extracted from /var/log/setup.log.full:
>
> 2013/01/07 14:12:00 Starting cygwin install, version 2.774
> .
> .
> <snip>
> .
> .
> warning: Schema 'org.gnome.system.proxy.socks' has path
> '/system/proxy/socks/'.  Paths starting with '/apps/', '/desktop/' or
> '/system/' are deprecated.
> 2013/01/07 14:21:18 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile
> "/etc/postinstall/gvim.sh"
> gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
> 2013/01/07 14:21:25 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile
> "/etc/postinstall/vim-common.sh"
> 2013/01/07 14:21:25 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile
> "/etc/postinstall/lyx.sh"
> /etc/postinstall/lyx.sh: /etc/postinstall/lyx.sh: is a directory
> 2013/01/07 14:21:25 abnormal exit: exit code=126
> 2013/01/07 14:21:25 Changing gid to Administrators
> 2013/01/07 14:51:28 note: Installation Complete
> 2013/01/07 14:51:28 Ending cygwin install
>
>
>
> In directory /etc/postinstall/lyx.sh is a single file named lyx.sh
>
> The contents for /etc/postinstall/lyx.sh/lyx.sh :
>
> $ cat /etc/postinstall/lyx.sh/lyx.sh
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # Add /usr/share/lyx/fonts to /etc/fonts/local.conf
> # if it is not already there.
> if [ -f /etc/fonts/local.conf ]; then
>      grep -q /usr/share/lyx/fonts /etc/fonts/local.conf
>      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>          sed 's/^<\/fontconfig>/<dir>\/usr\/share\/lyx\/fonts<\/dir>
> <\/fontconfig>/' /etc/fonts/local.conf > /etc/fonts/local.conf.tmp
>          mv -f /etc/fonts/local.conf.tmp /etc/fonts/local.conf
>          fc-cache /usr/share/lyx/fonts
>      fi
> fi
>
>
> The error has no affect if one does not have a "local.conf" font file.

try removing that directory and moving
/etc/postinstall/lyx.sh/lyx.sh to
/etc/postinstall/lyx.sh

Regards
Marco



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