X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:11:22 -0400 From: Jason Tishler To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [1.7.5] python2.5 bad installation? Message-id: <20100623131122.GC2808@tishler.net> Mail-followup-to: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4C20C1C2.7020908@sidefx.com> <20100623112731.GB2828@tishler.net> <4C220436.1020901@sidefx.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline In-reply-to: <4C220436.1020901@sidefx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i 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 Edward, On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 08:55:18AM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: > Jason Tishler wrote: > >On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:59:30AM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: > >>I just updated my cygwin installation and it looks like my old > >>python2.5 installation has been corrupted? > > > >When you updated your Cygwin installation, you updated Python to > >python-2.6.5-2: > > So is the python2.5 distribution effectively removed from cygwin? No, it is just marked as the previous instead of the current version. > I didn't do anything special when I ran setup.exe, it just > automatically picks up the latest packages and I just hit the install > button. This is how Cygwin's setup.exe works. > Now that I've unintentionally updated, what should I do to fix python > 2.5? Uninstall the python 2.6 package? Rerun setup.exe and select python-2.5.5-1. Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- 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