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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ncurses-5.2-7
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>,"Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz at cris dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ncurses-5.2-7
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:40:22 +1000
- References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011003173056.02943948@pop3.cris.com>
Follow them again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz@cris.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ncurses-5.2-7
> Hi,
>
> Please envision me looking very sheepish as I report this...
>
> I just did my usual blind, periodic
> check-for-Cygwin-update-download-and-install routine. Imagine my
> peevishness when I found my Vim no longer works ("The dynamic link
library
> cygncurses5.dll could not be found in the specified path ...").
>
> Judging from the mailing list, I'm the only fool to jump in like this
and
> mess up my Cygwin. Can someone outline a repair procedure for someone
who
> didn't follow these instructions?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
>
>
> At 07:07 2001-10-03, you wrote:
> >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >!!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!!
> >
> >To update your system, you must run setup.exe TWICE. First, run
setup
> >and update ONLY the ncurses package from 5.2-5 to 5.2-7. UNSELECT
any
> >other packages. Continue until setup completes and exits. Second,
run
> >setup and install the new terminfo, libncurses5, and libncurses6
> >packages. Continue until setup completes and exits. You MUST do
BOTH
> >steps, or your cygwin installation will be broken.
> >
> >!!!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!!!
> >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
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