Hi Larry, My apologies - I now see the email that indicates the package was updated to address this specific issue!
Problem's solved. Thanks, Maarten ---------------------------------------- > Subject: Re: Error installing/updating Cygwin on Windows 10 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > From: reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com > Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:54:48 -0500 > > On 1/24/2016 8:53 PM, Maarten Jacobs wrote: >> Duncan - thanks for the suggestion! >> >> Larry - I'm not sure what you mean by " If you use the latest Cygwin >> package, you won't see this error.". This error started when I installed >> Cygwin from scratch, using the latest setup.exe from the website. >> Presumably using the setup.exe from the website, and starting with a >> clean install should ensure I have the "latest Cygwin package" - >> whichever package this maye be? > > the Cygwin distribution is a rolling release so at any point in time, > you're installing the latest packages, assuming you don't specify other > available versions. But, since you installed, the Cygwin package itself has > been updated to address the specific issue you're seeing. If you want the > benefits of that, you should upgrade (or reinstall). If you don't, that's > fine. But my response was as much for others that may see this thread as > for you. In other words, regardless of whether you find Duncan's > information helpful, others should not need to use it. If someone finds > that's not true, the problem should be reported to the list using the > problem reporting guidelines found at the link below: > > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html> > > -- > Larry > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > -- 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
