Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/02/18/22:56:52
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 07:07:46PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 10 February 2006 17:50, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 09:45:44AM -0800, JefV wrote:
>>>> I re-installed cygwin and it seems to be working now. Strange.
>>> So, for those who keep track of such things, that's:
>>>
>>> One (1) reinstall to fix problems running "rm" under "make".
>> Well, after all, it is only a /minor/ problem.
>
> Right. I'm just thinking that we can probably add a "problem solving"
> section to setup.exe which did the reinstallation automatically.
>
> Something along the lines of a "click here if you are having problems with
> a current installation" which would bring you to a screen that said:
>
> Type of problem:
>
> [.] "rm: command not found" under make
> [ ] cron can't access remote shares
> [ ] ssh not working (followed all instructions at pigtale.net)
> [ ] ssh not working (followed all instructions at networksimpcity.net)
> [ ] screen flashes when clicking on cygwin icon
> .
> .
> .
>
> Then setup.exe could know that, e.g., it takes one reinstall to fix the
> "rm" problem, four reinstalls to fix the pigtale.net ssh problem, and
> nine reinstalls to fix the networksimpcity.net ssh problem.
>
> This will take additional time, of course, but the eventual result would
> be problem-free cygwin installations.
Yeah but if the problem is really with installing, I think we need to go
to the heart of the matter. There has to be a way to get Cygwin running
without the tedium and error-prone requirement of installing it. Couldn't
we just make it so the user could type "run cygwin" at the cmd/command.com
line and have it do the right thing? That would be ideal!
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