X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HK_OBFDOM,HTTP_ESCAPED_HOST,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4ADA8990.9030106@gmail.com> References: <4ADA47A8.5080300@columbus.rr.com> <4ADA547E.9050902@gmail.com> <4ADA647B.4060504@columbus.rr.com> <4ADA8990.9030106@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:55:20 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Version error from set-1.7.exe From: Robert Pendell To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Dave Korn wrote: > Paul McFerrin wrote: >> What exactly is: "local package directory". > > =C2=A0It's the directory where setup.exe keeps local copies of all the pa= ckages it > installs, which you select on the fourth screen of setup.exe. > >> =C2=A0 My directory (/updates) is >> void of any *.ini files and it still complains. =C2=A0The only file "clo= se" >> in my whole installation is a "setup-2.ini" which always seem to get >> re-created. =C2=A0Is maybe the mirror-site has an out-of-date .ini file? >> (/updates/ftp%3a%2f%2fmirror.internode.on.net%2fpub%2fcygwin%2f) > > =C2=A0Nah, it's maybe because I had my head on back-to-front when I wrote= that > first reply: > >>>> =C2=A0 "The current .ini file is from a newer version of setup.exe ..." > > =C2=A0What you actually need to do is download a fresh copy of setup-1.7.= exe from > the cygwin website. =C2=A0'scuse my confusion. > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0cheers, > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0DaveK > I think it is more referring to the it just downloaded from the mirror server. I got that error as well and had to just update to a newer setup-1.7.exe file. Robert Pendell shinji@elite-systems.org "A perfect world is one of chaos." CAcert Assurer -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple