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Subject: RE: additional setup information: still not working.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dave [mailto:dmehler AT siscom DOT net] 
> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:57 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: additional setup information: still not working.
> 
> 
> Hello,
>     I've just figured out some information on my setup 
> problem. If i use the view button to change from catagory to 
> partial without first selecting any packages the partial 

Do you mean you get a 'no packages to display' in the chooser? Or an
empty list?

> listing is all i get. If i select a package, then go back to 
> partial view that package shows up in the list, however when 
> i try to download it it halts with setup nothing needed to be done.
>     Any suggestions?

Did you have an old copy of cygwin on the system? This is the sort of
behaviour I'd expect from setup if you have a /etc/setup/installed.db
file.

Are you able to select 'reinstall' for any of the packages?

Rob

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