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From: Will Parsons <wbp AT nodomain DOT invalid>
Subject:  Re: setup hangs trying to uninstall cygrunsrv
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:46:10 +0000 (UTC)
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Dave Korn wrote:
> william.b.parsons wrote on 11 April 2008 16:07:
>
>> I've got myself into a situation that I can't seem to get out of.
>> so I cancelled it and tried to rerun it.  This time setup.exe hung trying
>> to uninstall cygrunsrv.
>
>> install the current version of cygwin.dll, but setup doesn't complete
>> because it stops responding trying to uninstall cygrunsrv. (Must be killed
>> using Task Manager.)
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-04/msg00065.html

Well that's embarrassing.  I don't know how I missed that.  Anyway,
deleting /etc/setup/cygrunsrv.lst.gz and retrying setup solved the problem,
so thanks!

-- 
Will


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