X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HK_OBFDOM,HTTP_ESCAPED_HOST,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B3281C6.7000603@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:47:02 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Upgrade from 1.5.25 to 1.7.1 fails. References: <20091223192449 DOT 5FDF71A9838 AT localhost DOT localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20091223192449.5FDF71A9838@localhost.localdomain> 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 12/23/2009 02:24 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: > > Updates using 1.5.25 have always worked, so I had > assumed my setup configuration files had managed > to stay intact. > > But, after reading the new User Guide I tried > the new setup.exe and after about the third > package download from ftp://mirrors.kernel.org > I got: > > Can't open > G:/installs/cygwin/packages/ftp%3a%2f%2fmirrors.kernel.org%2fsourceware%2fcygwi > n%2f/release/GNOME/_obsolete/atk/atk-1.26.0-1.tar.bz2.tmp > for writing. > > and when I click OK on that, setup just exits. > > There is no _obsolete subdirectory in that tree. > > What does one do now??? Try again. ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/release/GNOME/ shows that directory now. -- 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? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple