> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On > Behalf Of Ken Brown > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:42 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Stuck trying to reinstall Emacs 23.0.92 and setup dying > each time > > On 7/1/2009 12:20 PM, KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) wrote: > > I had set up Cygwin yesterday with the experimental Emacs 23.0.92. I > > had done other updates after that, forgetting the fact that since I'm > > using an experimental package, I have to set the Emacs-related pages > to > > "Keep". I'm now in a state where I have the 23.0.92 executable, but > > with /usr/share/emacs/21.2. So, now I'm trying to run setup again to > > reinstall 23.0.92, or uninstall it, or anything. No matter what I > do, > > setup dies hard, requiring a forced kill from task manager. > > > > What can I do to clean up from this situation? > > Does http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2008-04/msg00065.html help? The > bug discussed there was supposed to have been fixed > (http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2008-08/msg00128.html), but it > wouldn't > hurt to see if that's the problem.
Hmm, well it's a little hard to tell. It's clear it's not exactly the same thing, because my copy of "/etc/setup/cygrunsrv.lst.gz" isn't corrupted, it simply doesn't exist. Does that imply anything? -- 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
