X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4CA92588.3020603@cygwin.com> References: <4CA92588.3020603@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 21:04:42 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to evaluate cygwin state after interrupted update - and how to recover/resume? From: Mirko Vukovic To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 10/2/2010 6:03 PM, Mirko Vukovic wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> I was installing a new package (aspell) and the latest updates. =A0After >> the file download, the obsolete packages were removed. =A0Then the >> installation step started. =A0During iirc aspell's installation, I got >> an error prompt from rapapp.exe (c++ error), after which the >> installation procedure stalled. =A0I canceled the installation (cancel) >> button after waiting 10-15 minutes. >> >> How can I evaluate cygwin's state, and the state of the updates. =A0How >> do I recover/resume the update? > > Rerun 'setup.exe'. =A0You'll have to re-select the packages you want to > install though. =A0Sounds like you want to uninstall BlackICE for the > duration of the install though so that it doesn't get in the way. > > Thanks Larry, but what about the packages that were deleted because they were being updated to the newest version? In other words, - I selected aspell for install - A bunch of other packages were auto-selected for updates. - All packages were downloaded So, after the downloads - the obsolete packages were removed - aspell install started - ... and the crash happened. I have not executed setup yet because I did not want to mess up any history files (if there are any - I did not see anything relevant in /var/logs) Mirko -- 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