X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <474F3B04.1060608@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:19:48 -0500 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: <805302 DOT 12813 DOT qm AT web55511 DOT mail DOT re4 DOT yahoo DOT com> In-Reply-To: <805302.12813.qm@web55511.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 On 11/26/2007, Tim Freedom wrote: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:18:19 -0400, "Larry Hall" wrote: > > > 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. > > Sorry it took awhile to do this - here is the log requested. > Let me know if you need anything else (do please CC me). Looking at the code suggests that '/etc/setup/openssh.lst.gz' is corrupted. What does 'zcat /etc/setup/openssh.lst.gz' say? -- 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/