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Subject: RE: /etc/profile error
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:01:18 -0500
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> 
>    <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-11/msg00106.html>
> 
>    Look for a very current mirror and update.
> 
> Sorry for the very ignorant question, but what is one supposed to do
> with base-files-3.1-4.tar.bz2?  Up to now I've been doing all
> installations with the Cygwin installer application I downloaded from
> the Cygwin site.  Also, I customized this installation substantially.
> 
> kj
> 
> --

Simply let 'setup.exe' install it as you have been.

The next update to base-files (version 3.1-4) fixes
the problem that you have been seeing in /etc/profile.
The installer (setup.exe) will install a new copy
of /etc/profile.

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