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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:44:44 -0800
From: Nahor <nahor.j+gmane AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Update Problems
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Nahor wrote:
> Carl Lund wrote:
>> Hi--
>>
>> I tried updating my Cygwin installation, and got a message indicating
>> that cygreadline6.dll was missing. I did not request any changes; I 
>> was just trying to update my current configuration to the latest release.
>>
>> My suspicion is that something has been recently updated incorrectly.  
>> I've tried a reinstallation from scratch, and still have the problem, 
>> so it's not clear how it can be something I'm responsible for.  Of 
>> course, I could be wrong, but I thought I'd let you know.  If I'm 
>> right, I assume others will soon be having the same problem.
> 
> I'm having the same problem too. Some packages are missing in setup. 
> libreadline6 is one. rsync is another. With an old install, they are 
> visible in the setup with with a question mark instead of there size. 
> They are however listed in the "setup.ini" but they are missing the 
> version field... yes that's it: all packages missing the version field 
> are missing from the setup tool in a fresh install.

Actually, more than the missing "version" field, it's more likely the 
missing "install" field that is the source of the problem (or both).

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