Hello Dave, thanks a lot for your suggestion; I saw indeed an error message from "zcat", and after I deleted /etc/setup/cygrunsrv.lst.gz I was able to finish the installation with the original setup.exe.
Thanks again :-) Marek ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; cygwin@cygwin.com > Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2008 2:53:21 PM > Subject: RE: [setup.exe crashes at cygrunsrv uninstall step] > > Marc wrote on 02 April 2008 13:39: > > > > I have the following problem: When I try to run setup.exe (v. > > > 2.573.2.2) to update my Cygwin installation, it crashes when > > > uninstalling cygrunsrv package. This happens every time I execute it. I > > > have tried: > > > This is probably a known bug to do with corrupted package listing files > which can be generated if a previous run was interrupted. > > To check, run "zcat /etc/setup/cygrunsrv.lst.gz" in a bash shell; if it > gives an error message, that confirms the problem. > > If that is the case, you could give a try to my fixed version of setup.exe > > > http://rapidshare.com/files/98717404/setup.exe > > or you could just delete the cygrunsrv.lst.gz manually and try again. > > If not, post again, we'll see what else might be going wrong. > > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- 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/
