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 Message-ID: <048601c14c6d$61172ea0$01000001@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: , "Randall R Schulz" References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011003173056.02943948@pop3.cris.com> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ncurses-5.2-7 Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:40:22 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Follow them again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall R Schulz" To: Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ncurses-5.2-7 > Hi, > > Please envision me looking very sheepish as I report this... > > I just did my usual blind, periodic > check-for-Cygwin-update-download-and-install routine. Imagine my > peevishness when I found my Vim no longer works ("The dynamic link library > cygncurses5.dll could not be found in the specified path ..."). > > Judging from the mailing list, I'm the only fool to jump in like this and > mess up my Cygwin. Can someone outline a repair procedure for someone who > didn't follow these instructions? > > Thanks in advance. > > Randall Schulz > Mountain View, CA USA > > > At 07:07 2001-10-03, you wrote: > >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >!!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!! > > > >To update your system, you must run setup.exe TWICE. First, run setup > >and update ONLY the ncurses package from 5.2-5 to 5.2-7. UNSELECT any > >other packages. Continue until setup completes and exits. Second, run > >setup and install the new terminfo, libncurses5, and libncurses6 > >packages. Continue until setup completes and exits. You MUST do BOTH > >steps, or your cygwin installation will be broken. > > > >!!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!! > >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/