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Date:	Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:54:34 -0700
From:	"Jerry D. Hedden" <jerry AT hedden DOT us>
Subject:	Improper snapshot install [was 'missing isnand']
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I figured out my problem.  Instead of installing the snapshot using the
procedure documented here:
    http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC21
(which I apologize for not knowing about), I installed it by untarring
the snapshot and then copying the usr and etc dirs to C:\cygwin using
Explorer.  Since Explorer doesn't know about the /usr/bin and /usr/lib
mount points, it created bin and lib dirs under usr and put files in
them.  Back under Cygwin, the mounts then 'masked' the new files.  Once
I fixed everything up, all is well.

To perhaps save some other poor soul from committing the same blunder I
did, I humbly offer the suggestion to add the following to the
snapshots page:

Install snapshots using the procedure documented <a
href=http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC21">here</a>.

My deepest apologies to those I inconvenienced with this matter.



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