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From:	Adam Heinz <adamh AT dessci DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: Cant install Cygwin
Date:	Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:43:41 -0800
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Hello JJ,

I recently had the same issue.  I am building a repository on an intranet
server from which all employees will install Cygwin.  A few days ago, I
downloaded an older version of a package that I already had installed, then
poked around in setup.ini to see how Cygwin managed which packages were
current or previous, etcetera.  Shortly thereafter, a new installation of
Cygwin failed in exactly the manner you describe.  (If you echo $PATH, you
will see that the Cygwin paths normally prepended to the Windows path are
absent.)

I can't tell you exactly what caused the problem (although setup.ini munging
seems likely), but after I blew away my repository and repopulated it,
Cygwin installs worked properly again.

Adam 

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