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Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 18:24:09 +1000
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Ok, to upgrade setup, download a new one from
http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:perryh AT pluto DOT rain DOT com] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 6:00 PM

> > What options did you select when running setup?
> 
> Install from Local Directory
> next screen unchanged (root C:\cygwin, all users, Unix files) 
> next screen unchanged (local pkg dir C:\download\cygwin) Here 
> it suggests upgrading setup, but doesn't provide a means to 
> do so. Select to install the newly-downloaded packages. It 
> started to install, then died.
> 
> > Why did you run a two-step install?
> 
> To have the install sets available for setting up other 
> machines, or for reinstalling this one if (when!) Windoze gets hosed.

Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install sets
available?

Rob

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