Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20040616090158.00afeb10@mail.actron.com> X-Sender: nsomos AT mail DOT actron DOT com Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:41:30 -0400 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Neil Somos Subject: prime95 adversely affects update on w2k (resolved) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I can not reproduce the problem I had experienced, and after reviewing the setup log, understand my failure to exit all cygwin apps prior to the update played a part in the difficulties I faced. While prime95 may well have been a factor, it was only so in unusual circumstances. To simplify my life in keeping multiple cygwin installs updated (especially when not all have ready internet access) I had done a complete wget of the cwru cygwin mirror to a local drive. I then burned a CD with everything but the source files. The first place I tried this out, I asked to re-install all packages. Due to having neglected to exit all cygwin apps, four files were scheduled for reboot replacement. From there things went downhill. I may have tried reinstalling again prior to rebooting. Some postinstall script wound up producing an endless stream of messages ... "Overwrite existing /etc/ftpusers file? (yes/no)" and I found myself missing cygintl-2.dll. Things looked like they were stuck when I tried disabling prime95, and this seemed to allow progress to continue. Although I had to copy the cygintl-2.dll from another box, I did manage to get everything updated just fine eventually. Other updates without prime95 went smoothly, so I drew an incorrect conclusion. (Of course in those other cases there were no overlooked cygwin apps running as the update took place). So the bottom line is to make sure all cygwin apps are terminated prior to an update. If setup says you must reboot, you really do have to reboot. Looking back now, it all seems rather funny. neal -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/