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Subject:	Re: problems with installing cygwin on windows 7
From:	Alan Thompson <thompson2526 AT gmail DOT com>
To:	cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Ryan Johnson
<ryan DOT johnson AT cs DOT utoronto DOT ca> wrote:
>
> On 03/05/2013 2:28 PM, Alan Thompson wrote:
>>
>> P.S. I have had to run "rebaseall" each time I do an install or upgrade over the past year.....not sure why as this never used to be a problem.
>
> That's very strange, because setup.exe started running rebaseall automatically just over a year ago [1].
>
> You shouldn't need to run rebaseall these days unless you compile your own .dlls and want them to play nice with the rest of the system.
> <snip>
>
>
> ... but at least it doesn't tell you to reboot into safe mode as part of using Cygwin.


I did not boot into safe mode - just a plain reboot as a safety
precaution.  I then just opened up a regular Windoze cmd.exe window
and typed the commands using the dash shell.

I cannot explain why I have suddenly needed to run rebaseall to keep
Cygwin working, especially since I had thougt that setup.exe handled
everything as you state.  Last month the corp. IT dept did a windows
update and Cygwin quite working.  I did a Cygwin reinstall but got the
error message (can't remember specifically now) indicating a rebaseall
was needed.  Rediscovered the rebaseall documentation via google and
printed it out to keep at my desk.  Fortunately, the simple rebaseall
command got the Cygwin installation back up and working smoothly in
just a few minutes.

Alan Thompson

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Ryan Johnson
<ryan DOT johnson AT cs DOT utoronto DOT ca> wrote:
> On 03/05/2013 2:28 PM, Alan Thompson wrote:
>>
>> P.S. I have had to run "rebaseall" each time I do an install or upgrade
>> over the past year.....not sure why as this never used to be a problem.
>
> That's very strange, because setup.exe started running rebaseall
> automatically just over a year ago [1].
>
> You shouldn't need to run rebaseall these days unless you compile your own
> .dlls and want them to play nice with the rest of the system.
>
>
>> Please see: http://cygwin.wikia.com/wiki/Rebaseall It is only a 5 minute
>> process once you have the correct instructions.
>
> Where "correct" means "accurate" and "up to date?***"
>
> Please don't use those instructions, even if they are a the very top of the
> Google listing for "cygwin setup rebaseall."
>
> First, rebaseall runs automatically as part of setup for over a year now
> [1]. Second, rebooting into safe mode to stop cygwin services borders on
> downright silly. Third, you don't need to be Administrator to run rebase
> unless you messed with file permissions in really weird ways. Fourth,
> somebody *is* working on a 64-bit port of cygwin; it mostly works at this
> point, and somebody posted about using it just today in fact [2].
>
> [1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2012-03/msg00060.html
> [2] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-05/msg00055.html
>
> *** but then again, the official documentation at
> /usr/share/doc/rebase/README still says:
>>
>> Note that rebaseall is only a stop-gap measure.  Eventually the rebase
>> functionality will be added to Cygwin's setup.exe, so that rebasing will
>> happen automatically.
>
> ... but at least it doesn't tell you to reboot into safe mode as part of
> using Cygwin.
>
> Ryan
>
>
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