Bruce Dobrin wrote on 19 March 2008 18:16: > Hi, > I just tried to update from 1.5.25-7 to 1.5.25-11 using the installer > pointed at http\\:mirrors.kernel.org and although it did upgrade some > things ( at least it copied and over-wrote stuff), I still ended up > with the 1.5.25-7 cygwin1.dll (which is what setup downloaded).
Did you by any chance ignore a warning message explaining that the DLL was still in-use and would not be replaced until you next reboot? That's the most common cause of this sort of mysterious situation. /artimi $ wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/setup.ini --18:25:01-- http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/setup.ini => `setup.ini' Resolving mirrors.kernel.org... 204.152.191.39, 204.152.191.7 Connecting to mirrors.kernel.org|204.152.191.39|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 747,581 (730K) [text/plain] 100%[====================================>] 747,581 272.08K/s 18:25:06 (271.30 KB/s) - `setup.ini' saved [747581/747581] /artimi $ grep -A7 '@ cygwin$' setup.ini @ cygwin sdesc: "The UNIX emulation engine" category: Base requires: base-passwd _update-info-dir version: 1.5.25-11 install: release/cygwin/cygwin-1.5.25-11.tar.bz2 1427217 e1f969931a1e18855716f2c57c3a876a Looks like the mirror's up-to-date to me. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/
