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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:14:56 -0400
To:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: Tips oin getting Cygwin 1.1.0 onn your computer without using setup to contact the FTP
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In-Reply-To:	<39097662.70F6CF5E@norcom.de>; from rmu@norcom.de on Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 01:30:42PM +0200

On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 01:30:42PM +0200, René Mühlstein wrote:
>> All that you need to do is download the non-src .tar.gz files into a
>> temporary, empty directory.  You may be able to do a wildcard download
>> to accomplish this.  Download 'setup.exe' there.  Run setup.exe.  When
>> it asks if you want to install from the internet (i) or the current
>> directory (d), specify 'd'.  That's it!
>
>This doesn't work for me on my German NT 4.0 SP 6a. The installation
>process works fine. But when I start the cygwin bash und enter a
>command like "ls" the system hangs. I have to replace the cygwin1.dll
>in the bin directory with the one which is included in the setup.exe
>(v1.32) manually. Then the problem is disappeared.

So the "this doesn't work" is a completely different problem.

>Another bug: uninst.bat doesn't delete the Start Menu entries on a
>German NT. The directory is named "Startmenü" there (with an German
>umlaut) but the uninst.bat file contains a wrong character instead
>of the "ü".

uninst.bat is not foolproof by any means.  As I've said many many times,
setup.exe is still a work in progress. In particular, the uninstallation
is not complete.

cgf

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