Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/07/15/15:51:11
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 12:29:18PM -0700, Arthur I Schwarz wrote:
>>Can anybody diagnose this problem? Thanks in advance /r?
>
>I have continuous problems installing. Setup ungracefully crashes when
>either an install is attempted on a file not downloaded or if the
>setup.ini has an unresolvable reference. Hence I have a strategy to
>installing. If all else fails:
>
>1. Go to the registry and delete all entries to 'cygwin' and 'cygnus'
>and 'red hat' if appropriate. 2. I always save the old cygwin
>(C:/cygwin -> C:/cygwin.old), and 3. Create a new cygwin root
>(C:/cygwin), and then 4. Do a reinstall.
>
>Occassionally setup will corrupt the installation so that it is
>unrecoverable - which seems to be what you are experiencing. Repeat
>above.
>
>I've tried to identify and fix setup errors but can't seem to get it
>compiled and linked. So I gave up. But there does appear to be some
>ungraceful coding in setup - and lest I get flamed - Cygwin and the
>Cygwin staff to a person seem excellent.
Max, Brian, Igor, et al: Please clean up that ungraceful setup.exe
coding NOW!
Here's something to inspire you in this task: http://tinyurl.com/9no7t
HTH,
cgf
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