On 05/30/2007, Dave wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: > > > On 30 May 2007 11:08, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > >> >> * Jean-Pierre Bogler (Wed, 30 May 2007 07:16:42 +0200) > >>> >>> The download process worked well an the installation began. After > the > >>> >>> installation I decided to add a desktop icon and double clicked on > it. > >>> >>> The dos box told me that it can't change the directory und can't > find > >>> >>> bash.exe :( , so I looked into the C:\cygwin directory. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> The only installed directories are: etc, lib, sbin, usr, var. And > the > >>> >>> files: cygwin.bat and cygwin.ico. There is no bin directory! > >>> >>> The setup.log file is full of the complaining listed below (... > means that > >>> >>> the message above appears more than once). > >>> >>> > > > Yes, but that's very far from an explanation of just how on earth the > bin directory got installed in such an unexpected place, particularly when > all the other directories ended up in the correct location. > > I've seen this before. To reproduce: > > 1. Install cygwin to some directory, say "c:\bizarro_path". > 2. Optionally uninstall cygwin. > 3. Install cygwin to another directory, "c:\cygwin" > > The first install set up your /bin mount to point to "c:\bizarro_path\bin".
In this case, the "bad" bin directory appears to be the result of a <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#3PP> - PDFMerge in this case. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/
