Re: A question about setup.exe

[Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>]

Paul McFerrin wrote:
> OKAY... I finally realized that MTIME was not used by setup.  I now have
> my installation completely restored.  I used file
> /etc/setup/installed.db to "trick" setup to do a forced install.
> 
> 1. Have a running cygwin system available
> 2. Run "setup" thru the "Package Selection" pages but NOT beyond
> 3. On your running cygwin system, delete all but 1st line in file
> "/etc/setup/installed.db".
> 4. Shutdown your running cygwin sysrem
> 5.  Click the "NEXT" button in setup and your re-installation will begin.

  Oh, I didn't see this post earlier.  I prefer to do it the easy way:

> 2. Run "setup" thru the "Package Selection" pages but NOT beyond
3.  Select "Reinstall" at the top-level of the category view.
> 5.  Click the "NEXT" button in setup and your re-installation will begin.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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