X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_JMF_BL,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49B71C62.7000809@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:05:22 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: setup.exe crashes References: <13511e090903101313q72e3e39an2337eae4001018f AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <13511e090903101313q72e3e39an2337eae4001018f@mail.gmail.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 David Been wrote: > I've used cygwin on many computers since the early 1990's, so i have > an idea how setup is supposed to work, no expert, but it gets to the > end of downloading, says: > > Uninstalling bash ... > > and "setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close, sorry etc"...... > > i have tried this repeatedly with different mirrors. If i restart on > the same mirror it appears to check MD5's and jump to the Uninstalling > bash crash. > > Should i delete my c:/temp cache and c:/cygwin (saving my stuff) and > start over? > Or is there a way forward. > > i searched the web, the mailing lists to no avail. What version of 'setup.exe' are you running? Perhaps it's a bad 'bash.lst.gz' file in '/etc/setup'? If so, you could try moving it out of the way and trying again. -- 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/