Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com From: Chris Faylor Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:11:04 -0400 To: cygwin users Subject: Re: Setup, Cygwin or tar problem Message-ID: <20000914191104.A27937@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin users References: <20000914230512 DOT 23321 DOT qmail AT web106 DOT yahoomail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.6i In-Reply-To: <20000914230512.23321.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 04:05:12PM -0700 On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 04:05:12PM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: >There's been enough chatter on the Mailing list about setup not working I know, >and this isn't going to help much other than to give another me too, sorry; >but, I want to voice a complaint. > >Since setup uses tar and Cygwin I like to say that I believe tar, it could >actually be Cygwin (although, I don't think so), doesn't deal with overwriting >files properly. I have no proof of this except that my Cygwin became totally >useless after installing overtop of my existing system. > >I've installed with the same files as were downloaded previously and now I have >things working again. The fact that Cygwin works with a fresh install and that >overwriting caused problems leads me to believe we've a bug in tar or possibly >even gzip. However, it could also be Cygwin. Just to add a counterpoint, I've reinstalled everything recently to check out the assertion that setup.exe doesn't work with samba drives and my installation is still humming along nicely. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com