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Subject:	Re: Serious Installation problems - possible workround but rapid fix required.
Date:	Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:48:00 -0000
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Larry Hall wrote:
> What packages were you installing?  There have been recent reports of 
> hangs
> in 'setup.exe' over on the cygwin-xfree list when all packages are 
> installed.
> Sounds similar to the problems you were having.  Were you installing 'X'?
> If so, the current work-around is to install all of Cygwin minus 'X' and
> then rerun 'setup.exe' to install 'X'.
>
> There has been progress made on 'setup.exe' to isolate and resolve this
> problem so there's hope that this problem will be a thing of the past
> soon. :-)

I fear you may be getting confused with other issues. I've not yet made any 
progress in debugging this. (Nor have I tried, since I really need 1 machine 
to test and 1 machine to compile - I will have a second machine from 6th 
Dec).

Max.


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