On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 12:29:18PM -0700, Arthur I Schwarz wrote: >>Can anybody diagnose this problem? Thanks in advance /r? > >I have continuous problems installing. Setup ungracefully crashes when >either an install is attempted on a file not downloaded or if the >setup.ini has an unresolvable reference. Hence I have a strategy to >installing. If all else fails: > >1. Go to the registry and delete all entries to 'cygwin' and 'cygnus' >and 'red hat' if appropriate. 2. I always save the old cygwin >(C:/cygwin -> C:/cygwin.old), and 3. Create a new cygwin root >(C:/cygwin), and then 4. Do a reinstall. > >Occassionally setup will corrupt the installation so that it is >unrecoverable - which seems to be what you are experiencing. Repeat >above. > >I've tried to identify and fix setup errors but can't seem to get it >compiled and linked. So I gave up. But there does appear to be some >ungraceful coding in setup - and lest I get flamed - Cygwin and the >Cygwin staff to a person seem excellent.
Max, Brian, Igor, et al: Please clean up that ungraceful setup.exe coding NOW! Here's something to inspire you in this task: http://tinyurl.com/9no7t HTH, cgf -- 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/
