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	"David Starks-Browning" <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: setup.exe 2.78.2.3 local install problem
Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2001 07:00:04 -0700
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You _really_ should use setup.exe to download setup.ini and the packages you
are interested in.  The directory structure given in setup.ini is critical
for setup.exe to properly find the eligible packages.

David.
  This is getting to be a FAQ.  The instructions given in
http://cygwin.com/download.html seem to imply this is a reasonable way to
download and install.  It would be better if the first method suggested was
to let setup.exe do the downloading.  I wouldn't even mention manually
downloading for normal installations.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Daniel Doucette" <john DOT doucette AT jjmackay DOT ca>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 06:22
Subject: setup.exe 2.78.2.3 local install problem


> I have currently cygwin 1.1.8 installed on my PC, package snap shot from
> 2001.03.12, with setup 2.29.   I have downloaded to a local directory
> cygwin 1.3.2-1, package snap shot as of 2001.07.18, which has setup.exe
> 2.78.2.3.  I decided to upgrade to the cygwin 1.3.2-1 package so I ran
> setup 2.78.2.3 from my local directory and selected "install from local
> directory". When I do this the Cygwin Setup screen says "Nothing new to
> install/update" underneath the "Current" column, and nothing under any of
> the other columns.   I then tried manually deleting the old 1.1.8
> installation by deleting all the cygwin directories, shortcuts, and all
> cygwin/cgynus entries in the registry.  Then I rebooted and ran setup
> 2.78.2.3 again.  I received the same message saying there was nothing new
> to install/update.  I then backed up a few menus and tried to download
from
> internet, where it correctly showed that I had no packages at all
> installed.  Is it safe to use my old setup 2.29 with the new package
> set?  I have used 2.29 to reinstall the old 1.1.8 snapshot which worked
> fine, but would still like to upgrade to 1.3.2.  I am running win98 2nd
ed.
> cygcheck output follows.  Thanks for any suggestions.



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