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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:53:06 +1100 (EST)
From: Luke Kendall <luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au>
Subject: RE: What to do when setup fails?
To: Dave Korn <dk AT artimi DOT com>
Cc: "'Max Bowsher'" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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On 10 Nov, Dave Korn wrote:
>    Luke, if setup is failing to create that key, you must be trying to install 
>  for all users while running as a user with inadequate rights, mustn't you?  The 
>  attached patch would tell you what the actual error code was, if you felt like 
>  rebuilding setup. 

Ah!  That's quite possible, now you've explained what the message means.

I'll investigate further, but I think you've cracked my problem.
Thanks, Dave!

luke


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