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RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Perry Hutchison" <perryh at pluto dot rain dot com>
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 18:24:09 +1000
- Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
Ok, to upgrade setup, download a new one from
http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:perryh@pluto.rain.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 6:00 PM
> > What options did you select when running setup?
>
> Install from Local Directory
> next screen unchanged (root C:\cygwin, all users, Unix files)
> next screen unchanged (local pkg dir C:\download\cygwin) Here
> it suggests upgrading setup, but doesn't provide a means to
> do so. Select to install the newly-downloaded packages. It
> started to install, then died.
>
> > Why did you run a two-step install?
>
> To have the install sets available for setting up other
> machines, or for reinstalling this one if (when!) Windoze gets hosed.
Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install sets
available?
Rob
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