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Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 20:38:24 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ncurses-5.2-7
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Just reinstall the 'libncurses5' package.

--Chuck

Randall R Schulz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Please envision me looking very sheepish as I report this...
> 
> I just did my usual blind, periodic 
> check-for-Cygwin-update-download-and-install routine. Imagine my 
> peevishness when I found my Vim no longer works ("The dynamic link 
> library cygncurses5.dll could not be found in the specified path ...").
> 
> Judging from the mailing list, I'm the only fool to jump in like this 
> and mess up my Cygwin. Can someone outline a repair procedure for 
> someone who didn't follow these instructions?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
> 
> 
> At 07:07 2001-10-03, you wrote:
> 
>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> !!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!!
>>
>> To update your system, you must run setup.exe TWICE.  First, run setup
>> and update ONLY the ncurses package from 5.2-5 to 5.2-7.  UNSELECT any
>> other packages.  Continue until setup completes and exits.  Second, run
>> setup and install the new terminfo, libncurses5, and libncurses6
>> packages.  Continue until setup completes and exits.  You MUST do BOTH
>> steps, or your cygwin installation will be broken.
>>
>> !!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!!
>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> 
> 
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