On 06 May 2005, you wrote in gmane.os.cygwin: > "J. David Boyd" wrote: > >> Does anyone know where, in what file, the information for setup.exe >> is stored as it pertains to the column dividers? >> >> At some point in the past, I did 'something' so that all I see in the >> window is the current version. I have to move FAR to the right, and >> drag back the column divider, 6 or 7 times, until I can see all the >> pertinent fields at once in the program window. > > Check your /etc/setup/installed.db for a package with a long string of > repeating version numbers, e.g. "foo-1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.2.2" or something > like that. At some point in the past there was a packaging error that > named a package with an improper version, and for whatever reason > setup got confused by this and recored this malformed version number. > The columns adjust their size to fit the widest element in the column, > and if you have this bogus package number that would cause it. > > Alternatively, if you just switch to the Full view and page through > the list you should be able to find the package that is causing the > column to be so wide. Uninstall/reinstall that package. > > Brian >
Thank you very much, that was indeed the problem. Dave -- 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/
