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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:59:52 -0400
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Subject: Re: setup.exe crashes when removing xorg-server
From: Mirko Vukovic <mirko DOT vukovic AT gmail DOT com>
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On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:05 PM, <tmcd AT panix DOT com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Mirko Vukovic
> <barely DOT remembered-in DOT time AT to DOT munge DOT this> wrote:
> > After (actually during) my last cygwin update, the installation
> > procedure crashes when setup tries to uninstall xorg-server. =A0I am
> > running on windows XP
>
> Is the "crash" something like a window popping up saying that
> setup.exe has encountered errors and must be terminated? =A0If so: I
> recently posted a screed when I got hit by that.

Exactly.=A0 I should have been more explicit.

Now when I restart setup (using `install from local directory'), it
crashes once the MD5's have been checke.  It crashes when setup tries
to uninstall xorg-server.=A0 This is the first package that is being
uninstalled.

I then get two types of crashes - I have not been able to figure out
under what circumstances one or the other type happens.

In one, a window `MS Visual C++ Runtime Library' `Runtime Error' to
the effect taht setup.exe has requested Runtime to terminate it ina an
unusual way.

In another, I get `setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close .=
..'

But see below for good news


>
>
> > I have updated to the latest setup.exe (2.573.2.3), and rebooted. =A0I
> > do not see any x-processes in either task manager or windows
> > services. =A0What are my other options other than a complete
> > re-install? =A0(I looked to see if I could manually remove the
> > package, but I did not see any posts on that). =A0I also tried hiding
> > bash.lst.gz, but that did not help.
>
> Experts, would it help, or at least not hurt, to hide
> xorg-server.lst.gz? =A0I would think that hiding bash.lst.gz would help
> only if it crashed updating bash, not xorg-server.

Your comment made me look at xorg-server.lst.gz.  That file was
probably corrupt (zless could not read it).  Once I removed
xorg-server.lst.gz, I was able to complete the installation.

Thanks

Mirko

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