Re: Latest update trashed my cygwin install

2006-02-08 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Eric Blake wrote: > According to James Garrison on 2/6/2006 12:25 PM: > > > > One question: Can the installer be fed a list of packages to install, > > or otherwise configured with a different default set of selections? > > This is starting to become a FAQ. It is possible to c

Re: Latest update trashed my cygwin install

2006-02-08 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to James Garrison on 2/6/2006 12:25 PM: > > One question: Can the installer be fed a list of packages to install, > or otherwise configured with a different default set of selections? This is starting to become a FAQ. It is possible to cre

Re: Latest update trashed my cygwin install

2006-02-06 Thread James Garrison
Thanks for the reply. Reinstalling package 'base-files' seems to have restored normal operation. I found the install logs and can rerun the failed postinstall scripts. One question: Can the installer be fed a list of packages to install, or otherwise configured with a different default set of

Re: Latest update trashed my cygwin install

2006-02-06 Thread Eric Blake
> I updated and when it was running postinstall I got a large number of > "Entry point not found in cygwin1.dll" popups. Now bash comes up > in /usr/bin instead of my home directory and is badly hosed. > /etc/profile is gone, and all the cygwin directories are missing > from $PATH. The bulk of yo

Latest update trashed my cygwin install

2006-02-06 Thread James Garrison
I updated and when it was running postinstall I got a large number of "Entry point not found in cygwin1.dll" popups. Now bash comes up in /usr/bin instead of my home directory and is badly hosed. /etc/profile is gone, and all the cygwin directories are missing from $PATH. What I'd like to do is