Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:48:27 -0400 To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: setup + cygcheck Message-ID: <20000726164827.A1436@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com References: <397F4BE0.DCDD9E52@ece.gatech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <397F4BE0.DCDD9E52@ece.gatech.edu>; from cwilson@ece.gatech.edu on Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 04:36:48PM -0400 On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 04:36:48PM -0400, Charles S. Wilson wrote: >When I run 'cygcheck -s -v -r' (as adminstrator), part of the output >contains: > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Installed >Components\d:/cygwin >.... > binutils = 20000625 > gcc = 0002.0095.0002.0002 > cygwin = 0001.0001.0001 >.... > >among other items. > >These answers are not correct. /etc/setup/installed.db shows: > >binutils binutils-20000722-1.tar.gz 3370561 >gcc gcc-2.95.2-2.tar.gz 6172267 >cygwin cygwin-1.1.3.tar.gz 1331394 > >(ok, gcc is correct). > >Three things: > >#1) should cygcheck be updated to show the new setup database in >/etc/setup/installed.db, instead of the old database in HKLM? Yes. >#2) should setup (the new one) remove the old database from HKLM? Yes. >#3) shouldn't cygcheck show the installed program info regardless of >whether you're running as Administrator or not? I don't understand this one. cygcheck currently does this as a side effect of its prior use of the registry (which was one of the reasons that I used the registry) and it would do this if it dumped the installed.db info. How does administrator access enter into this? cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com