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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:07:46 EDT
To: James Ballantine <jwb AT homer DOT att DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com,
   cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: cygwin1.dll 1.3.12-2 and attempt to install xfree
From: Harold L Hunt <huntharo AT msu DOT edu>

James,

First: wrong mailing list.  Use cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com.  I have redirected
this email to the appropriate list, but please be careful to remove
cygwin AT cygwin DOT com if you hit ``reply to all''.

Second: the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide is out of date.  Cygwin/XFree86 is now
entirely installed via Cygwin's setup.exe.  Just rerun setup.exe, expand the
XFree86 category, and select at least the XFree86-base package.

Harold



James Ballantine <jwb AT homer DOT att DOT com> said:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to install xfree and I'm getting strange error 
> messages/results before the install starts.
> 
> I've downloaded and installed the most current cygwin  bits  (as of 
> 7/9/02), and downloaded the must current
> xfree bits.  When I try to gunzip extract.exe.gz I get the error message :
>    gunzip: extract.exe.gz: Invalid arguement
> When I look in the dir, the gunzipped file is there, with a permission 
> of rw------- .
> 
> When I try and run the Xinstall it tells me:
> 
>   checking which OS you're running...
>   uname reports 'CYGWIN_NT-5.0' version '1.3.12(0.54/3/2)' architecture 
> 'i686'.
> 
>   chmod: changing permissions of 'extract': no such file or directory
>   ./extract: not found
>   extract doesn't work properly, renaming it to 'extract.bad'
>   mv: preserving times for 'extract.bad' : No such file or directory
>   mv: preserving ownership for 'extract.bad': No such file or directory
>   mv: cannot unlink 'extract': No such file or directory
>   mv: cannot remove 'extract': No such file or directory
>   chmod: changing permissions of 'extract': no such file or directory
>   ./extract: not found
>   extract.exe doesn't work properly, renaming it to 'extract.exe.bad'
> 
>   The versions of  'extract" and 'extract.exe' you have do not run
>   correctly.  Make sure that you have downloaded the correct
>   binaries for your system.  To find out which is correct,
>   run 'sh ./Xinstall.sh -check'.
> 
> This appears to me to be a problem with the setup of cygwin rather than a
> problem with xfree, which is why I've mailed to this list.  I've checked 
> the archives
> and either no one else has had this problem, or I've searched for the 
> wrong key words.
> 
> Any pointers to resolving this problem would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jim Ballantine
> 
> 
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