X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4CA9302E.9030807@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:38:54 -0400 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to evaluate cygwin state after interrupted update - and how to recover/resume? References: <4CA92588.3020603@cygwin.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 10/3/2010 9:04 PM, Mirko Vukovic wrote: > 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) If you pick the 'aspell' package again, it will install it and any of its dependencies. If you're concerned about what Cygwin thinks it has installed and whether those packages are in a consistent state, run 'cygcheck -c' and reinstall any package that doesn't report "OK". -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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