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Subject:	Re: Install error with rebase 4.0.0-1
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On 10/23/2011 9:29 AM, Marc Girod wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I just ran setup, but could not run rebaseall: this one (4.0.0-1 iirc)
> failed to access
> a rebasedb file (under a non-existing /usr/etc directory).
> I reverted to 3.0.1-1.

This looks like a packaging bug.  The rebasedb file is supposed to go in 
/etc, not /usr/etc.  I suspect that Jason forgot to specify 
--sysconfdir=/etc when configuring.  See

   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2011-09/msg00025.html

Ken

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