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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:33:49 -0700
From: Tim Gunter <tgun AT bioscrypt DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Setup cant open package database error?
Message-ID: <20030924163349.GA508@bioscrypt.com>
Reply-To: tim DOT gunter AT bioscrypt DOT com
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Hi-

 While trying to update my installation of cygwin, I received
a "Can't open package Database for writing: file exists"
error. When I re-run setup, it downloads, tries to install
the updates again, and fails the same way.

When I run "cygcheck -c" i get the following:

Cygwin Package Information
No setup information found

 Is there some easy way to rebuild this information?

 I did have a cygwin shell open when I did the update,
could this be part of the problem?

 I have also deleted, and moved around some of the tarballs
and "setup.log" files that past updates have created, surely
this isn't an issue though(right?).


--tim

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