Re: A question about setup.exe

2009-12-29 Thread Dave Korn
Paul McFerrin wrote: > OKAY... I finally realized that MTIME was not used by setup. I now have > my installation completely restored. I used file > /etc/setup/installed.db to "trick" setup to do a forced install. > > 1. Have a running cygwin system available > 2. Run "setup" thru the "Package Se

Re: A question about setup.exe

2009-12-24 Thread Paul McFerrin
OKAY... I finally realized that MTIME was not used by setup. I now have my installation completely restored. I used file /etc/setup/installed.db to "trick" setup to do a forced install. 1. Have a running cygwin system available 2. Run "setup" thru the "Package Selection" pages but NOT beyond

Re: A question about setup.exe

2009-12-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 03:05:57PM -0500, Paul McFerrin wrote: >Does anyone know where the MTIMES of the installed packages are stored. >I need to over-ride them all in order to re-install the packages. I >could NOT find the http/ftp directory containing the files installed. You're assuming a

Re: A question about setup.exe

2009-12-24 Thread Paul McFerrin
Does anyone know where the MTIMES of the installed packages are stored. I need to over-ride them all in order to re-install the packages. I could NOT find the http/ftp directory containing the files installed. So I went through to check "reinstall" on every package (whew) and downloaded the

Re: A question about setup.exe

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/12/24 Paul McFerrin: > I did the upgrade to 1.7.1-1 without any problems.  During the remainder of > the day, I accidentally blew away my installation of 1.7.1-1.  I restored my > installation from a backup several days old (1.7.0-65).  Now I'm trying to > upgrade again. > > Now the questions