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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:15:28 +0100
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From: David Woakes <david AT arfs DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Problems with Setup.exe
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X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 May 2002 09:15:29.0887 (UTC) FILETIME=[3646E6F0:01C20628]

I recently tried to upgrade parts of a working cygwin installation and had 
a lot of problems with setup hanging while installing packages at the 
installation stage.  I was using the latest released version of Setup.exe 
2.218.2.9.

I gave up eventually and delete my previous installation and started from 
scratch.

I got a several "cannot open (null) for reading" messages during the 
installation process.  I found that several packages were not installed as 
a result (bash, gdbm, login, readline, termcap, vim, zlib) and the 
resulting installation wouldn't bring up a command prompt.

I fixed it by manually unzipping the bziped tar for bash and zlib and 
copying the files in.

Regards
David Woakes


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