Message-ID: <4702C609.4050809@bonhard.uklinux.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:28:25 +0100
From: Fergus <fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Cygwin ML <cygwin@cygwin.com>
CC: Fergus <fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net>
Subject: Re: completely fresh reinstall of cygwin?
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com

 >> How can I get a fresh, independent install on my local c:\?

 > You can rerun "setup.exe" and _specify_the_new_Cygwin_root_.

Annoyingly, I find that this useful recovery of an un-mounted system is 
a function that the current setup v.2.573.2.2 fails to do, that the 
earlier long-running v.2.510.2.2 always managed.

If a user becomes un-mounted for whatever reason (maybe by accident or 
maybe by design) then the old 2.510.2.2 could be relied upon to read 
/etc/setup/installed.db and if appropriate re-mount the user without 
downloading or installing anything. But 2.573.2.2 either does not read 
or does not understand /etc/setup/installed.db and will try to re-mount 
the user only by downloading and installing everything from scratch.

I fear there will come a time when I lose some important new 
functionality, but for the moment I am still only using 2.510.2.2 for 
all system management, for this reason.

Fergus


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/