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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 16:08:59 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Error when installing
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On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 03:49:57PM -0500, Frank Bures wrote:
>On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:35:15 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 01:29:04PM -0500, Frank Bures wrote:
>>>_update_info_dir appears in section "PostInstallLast" of the setup.  I
>>>tried "Keep" and "Source".  In both cases I am getting the above error.
>>>What setting should I use?  Other possibilities are "Uninstall" and
>>>"Reinstall".
>>
>>You could try uninstall.  That won't hurt anything.
>>
>>You *are* running the latest version of setup.exe, right?
>
>Yes, I am.  And the same error again.  In _update_info_dir.

And that version is...?

So you *uninstalled* _update_info_dir and you're getting an error in
_update_info_dir.

Could you send the output of 'cygcheck -r -s -v' as an attachment?

>So the question is:  How am I supposed to install X into already installed 
>cygwin, without running into this problem?

No way?  Is that the question?  I thought you were trying to install Kazaa!

Well, this changes everything.

cgf

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