> The easiest way, however, is to look at the setup.log file > from your "polished" installation (if that's available).
Thank you. After grep "\.bz2" /var/etc/setup* followed by combinations of sort, uniq and simple editing, I have recovered /etc/setup/installed.db correct in every detail, as far as I can tell. Thanks so much. Fergus -- 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/