Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <005f01c1c62b$53e78620$d700a8c0@mchasecompaq> From: "Michael A Chase" To: "Prentis Brooks" , References: Subject: Re: Confused, need help Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:53:02 -0800 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 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prentis Brooks" To: Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:51 Subject: Confused, need help > Hey Gang, > > Need a bit of help. I am trying to do a fresh install of the latest net > release. I am removing the C:\cygwin directory, deleting the registry > keys, icons, and start menu options. I can't find anything on setup's > "temporary working directory" so I don't know where to delete there. Setup doesn't use a temporary working directory. > This is an NT 4.0 machine, I can't give you cygcheck output as I have > currently deleted cygwin from the system. However, when I run setup > again, several of the packages (all of which were previously installed > at the current version, ie if installed would not need updating) are > showing up as "skip" in the dialog. I have run through several attempts > to remove and re-install none of which get it all right. Anyone have > any idea what I am missing or where setup is finding this version > information? Any packages that have never been installed default to 'skip' for installing. If you deleted c:/cygwin/ and the registry keys, nothing is installed so you don't need to remove them any further. Just select the desired versions of each package you want when you run setup.exe. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- 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/