On 6 August 2014 17:55, Warren Young wrote: > > On Aug 6, 2014, at 3:37 AM, Nikhil Nair wrote: > > > <cygcheck-output.txt> > > The output shows that a number of key packages are incomplete, meaning that > files they own no longer exist on your system. It is not that c:\cygwin is > missing, but that a small but critical subset of key Cygwin files are missing. > > Most importantly, the bash and cygwin packages are broken. You need to > reinstall these. I don’t know how your UI works, but those of us who can use > mice click the version number in the Cygwin setup.exe package list until it > says Reinstall. > > Also broken are binutils and gcc-core, which will prevent you from compiling > most open-source software. > > You should also reinstall the openssh, pulseaudio, and texinfo packages. > These might have just been dragged in as dependencies, and not be software > you actually use, but there’s no sense leaving them in a broken state. > -- > 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 >
By the way, could that be hint of virus activity or hard disk dying? -- 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
