X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49D00DDB.5080602@sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:10:03 +0000 From: Greg Chicares User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Upgrade woes ("file in use") References: <374124.36151.qm@web111113.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <374124.36151.qm@web111113.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 2009-03-29 23:51Z, Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: > > I have been fighting this for another two weeks with no > progress whatsoever. Does any documentation exist that > describes the least painful way to reinstall everything > (specifically including what I should back up)? I also > would place a high value on not having to download all of > the packages again. I would first uninstall Cygwin completely: http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all (item number four says how to avoid re-downloading), and then follow the usual instructions to install freshly using the "Install Cygwin now" link here: http://cygwin.com/ There's no general, comprehensive answer to the question what you'd want to back up. I'd include anything that I had customized in the home directory, but that's just one example. -- 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/