X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <47288EAB.9070405@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:18:19 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: update/reinstall openssh problem References: <198957 DOT 34730 DOT qm AT web55502 DOT mail DOT re4 DOT yahoo DOT com> In-Reply-To: <198957.34730.qm@web55502.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Tim Freedom wrote: > Hi - I'm trying to upgrade my currently installed openssh > (version 4.6p1-1) yet whenever I select to install the latest > 4.7p1-2 (or even reinstall the current 4.6) the setup.exe > (or updater if you will) barfs on the 'Uninstalling... openssh' > portion and dies with a windows > > ''setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We > are sorry for the inconvenience.'' > > with the familiar 3 buttons - "debug" (which does nothing), "Send > Error Report", and "Don't Send". > > Can someone please let me know if this is a known issues and/or how > to debug/fix this problem. I don't have ssh running as a service > or an application when I do this "update" so I'm not entirely sure > why openssh can't be uninstalled easily. You can try downloading a debug version of 'setup.exe' from with it's source (tar.bz). With this, you can run it under 'gdb' to see if that provides more insight. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/