RE: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe

2005-07-13 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Joel Rubin >Sent: 12 July 2005 20:39 > Go back to the previous one or, if you're really ambitious and MUST > have the latest and greatest version, download the source and build > the right file. That might be a bit tricky if you've already installed the horked 5

Hack: fixing broken coreutils install (Was Re: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe)

2005-07-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Jon A. Lambert wrote: > I have coreutils-5.2.1-5 sitting here in my releases directory but setup > won't let me select it. How the heck do I get back to a working version > of coreutils. You should at least be able to select the "prev" version (which is 5.2.1-5). If you wan

Re: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe

2005-07-12 Thread Joel Rubin
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:30:56 +0100, fergus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have just upgraded to coreutils-5.3.0-8 and I find hat I have lost cp, >ls, md5sum executables to name just a few. Windows Explorer shows that >these no longer exist in /bin/. Anything I can or should do, or should >have done

Re: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe

2005-07-12 Thread Jon A. Lambert
Dave Korn wrote: From: fergus Why did you do it? That point being, "If it aint broke, don't fix it". You asked what was the best thing you could have done or could do in future to avoid this kind of problem; my answer is this: If you aren't under some pressing and *urgent* need to upgra

RE: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe

2005-07-12 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Igor Pechtchanski >Sent: 12 July 2005 18:02 > On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Dave Korn wrote: > >> Original Message >>> From: fergus >>> Sent: 12 July 2005 17:31 >> >>> I have just upgraded to coreutils-5.3.0-8 and I find hat I have lost >>> cp, ls, md5sum executabl

RE: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe

2005-07-12 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: fergus >Sent: 12 July 2005 17:59 >> Why did you do it? > > Slightly bemused, I'll treat the question seriously. > Using setup.exe, the upgrade was offered, presumably through setup.ini. > There it is (timestamp 1121177436): coreutils 5.3.0-8, replacing 5.3.0-7. >

RE: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe

2005-07-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Dave Korn wrote: > Original Message > >From: fergus > >Sent: 12 July 2005 17:31 > > > I have just upgraded to coreutils-5.3.0-8 and I find hat I have lost > > cp, ls, md5sum executables to name just a few. Windows Explorer shows > > that these no longer exist in /bin/.

RE: coreutils-5.3.0-8: lost *.exe

2005-07-12 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: fergus >Sent: 12 July 2005 17:31 > I have just upgraded to coreutils-5.3.0-8 and I find hat I have lost cp, > ls, md5sum executables to name just a few. Windows Explorer shows that > these no longer exist in /bin/. Anything I can or should do, or should > have done