Martin Magnusson wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
> > Does it hang in the middle of installing a package, or between
> > packages?
> It varies. Now I have actually managed to install the basic Cygwin
> packages (everything set to default, no compilers or anything). It
> worked on the second attempt. B
FWIW, some time ago I thought that setup was hanging regularly while
doing 'Install from a local directory' when the directory was on a network
share. Then on one occasion I started one such install and got
sidetracked for about 5 hrs. When I returned to check on this install
I found that it actu
> Oh, Chris,
>
> Face it. The whole concept of software is pre-alpha and definitely not
> for the faint of heart. But just imagine the songs and epic poems that
> will be written to honor us, the brave pioneers of these first,
> archaic, nay even dangerous computers. Will anybody remember the
> cow
Wayne,
Now, now.
It's true Cygwin has improved immensely in the past six years or so,
but it was useful even back then. I started using it in 1997 (beginning
about a week after I first had to use Windows for development) and it
was indispensable, even if not entirely mature. I tried MKS, but e
>This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the
>"beta" releases, in particular b19. There are no problems using
>setup.exe in that version (such as not being able to resize the
>window...)
As someone who goes back to the Bx days (maybe I should call that the
Bs days), I t
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 02:00:35PM -0800, David A. Case wrote:
>On Sat, Feb 01, 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>>I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use.
>
>This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the
>"beta" releases, in particular b19. There are no problems usin
> > On Sat, Feb 01, 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> >
> >> I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use.
^^^[*]
> >
> > This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the
> > "beta" releases, in particular b19. There are no problem
David A. Case wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 01, 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>
>> I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use.
>
> This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the
> "beta" releases, in particular b19. There are no problems using
> setup.exe in that version (such
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use.
This is probably why most experienced users recommend using one of the
"beta" releases, in particular b19. There are no problems using setup.exe
in that version (such as not being able to resize the w
Max Bowsher wrote:
> Does it hang in the middle of installing a package, or between
> packages?
It varies. Now I have actually managed to install the basic Cygwin
packages (everything set to default, no compilers or anything). It
worked on the second attempt. But I'm still struggling, trying to a
Oh, Chris,
Face it. The whole concept of software is pre-alpha and definitely not
for the faint of heart. But just imagine the songs and epic poems that
will be written to honor us, the brave pioneers of these first,
archaic, nay even dangerous computers. Will anybody remember the
cowards who
> >I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use.
>
> Phew. That's a relief. With this attitude, I can only imagine the
> scenario when it was time to set up ssh or change the prompt in bash.
> B...
>
> cgf
LOL!!!
I can't believe I've been using alpha's for all this time with knowone
tell
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 02:05:37PM +, Colin Harrison wrote:
>I'm getting the same sort of problems:-
>compress+bz::error calls + blank chooser lines and various hangs.
>I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use.
Phew. That's a relief. With this attitude, I can only imagine the
scenario
Martin Magnusson wrote:
> * First, either Install from Internet or Install from Local Directory.
> * Then I specify the root directory (same as I used to have when it
> worked), Install For All Users, Default Text File Type: Unix.
> * At "Select You Internet Connection" I choose Direct Connection.
Pavel Tsekov wrote:
Now this is a hell of a bugreport... Would you care to be more specific ?
What choices do you make on the various pages of the setup wizard.
* First, either Install from Internet or Install from Local Directory.
* Then I specify the root directory (same as I used to have when
Pavel Tsekov wrote:
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Martin Magnusson wrote:
Max Bowsher wrote:
Please describe exactly where setup hangs.
It happens after download, during install. But it hangs at different
files each time. Somtimes it hangs at 4%, sometimes at 29% etc.
Does it hang if you downloa
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Martin Magnusson wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
> > Please describe exactly where setup hangs.
> It happens after download, during install. But it hangs at different
> files each time. Somtimes it hangs at 4%, sometimes at 29% etc.
>
> > Does it hang if you download only first,
Max Bowsher wrote:
Please describe exactly where setup hangs.
It happens after download, during install. But it hangs at different
files each time. Somtimes it hangs at 4%, sometimes at 29% etc.
Does it hang if you download only first, and then re-run setup, choosing
"install from local directo
Colin Harrison wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm getting the same sort of problems:-
> compress+bz::error calls + blank chooser lines and various hangs.
> I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use.
You might like to consider that many *many* people use Cygwin and don't have
these problems. In fact, I'd c
Martin Magnusson wrote:
> I have used Cygwin for a few months now. I'm trying to reinstall it
> with a couple of extra packages, but I've run into serious trouble.
>
> Downloading seems to work fine, but while installing setup just hangs,
> randomly (with no error message). When looking at setup.lo
Hi,
I'm getting the same sort of problems:-
compress+bz::error calls + blank chooser lines and various hangs.
I've removed cygwin as its too alpha for my use.
Colin
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I have used Cygwin for a few months now. I'm trying to reinstall it with
a couple of extra packages, but I've run into serious trouble.
Downloading seems to work fine, but while installing setup just hangs,
randomly (with no error message). When looking at setup.log I see a lot
of calls to comp
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