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From: "Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer@krafteurope.com>
To: "'derbyshire@globalserve.net'" <derbyshire@globalserve.net>
Cc: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: Missing libc documentation
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 07:58:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8D861ADC5B8FD211B4100008C71EA7DA04F70CF4@kjsdemucshrexc1.eu.pm.com> (raw)


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul Derbyshire [SMTP:derbyshire@globalserve.net]
> Sent:	Friday, July 26, 2002 11:50 AM
> To:	Demmer, Thomas
> Subject:	RE: Missing libc documentation
> 
> On 26 Jul 2002 at 11:21, Demmer, Thomas wrote:
> 
> > Well, setup says during an upgrade that it first
> > uninstalls the old package, and then installs the new one. 
> 
> So it shouldn't uninstall something without installing a newer 
> version. (Or the same, for a reinstall.)
> And the newer version should contain everything the older version had 
> that wasn't obsolete.
> Is the libc documentation obsolete? I doubt it. If it's not, what am 
> I missing here? If everything's working as it's supposed to I don't 
> feel I should be in this situation.
> 
> [Snip instructions.]
> $ tar -vjxf 
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/ftp%3a%2f%2farchive.progeny.com%2fcygwin/release
> /cygwin/cygwin-1.3.10-1.tar.bz2 /usr/info
> tar: /usr/info: Not found in archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> OK, next suggestion please... *sigh*
	[Demmer, Thomas]  
	Omit the leading slash before usr. If I had it in my previous mail,
my fault, sorry.

	What you are missing is that omitting the files was probably
	*NOT INTENDED*

	Ciao
	Tom

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             reply	other threads:[~2002-07-26 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-26  7:58 Demmer, Thomas [this message]
2002-07-26 14:31 ` Paul Derbyshire
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-07-26  6:52 Demmer, Thomas
2002-07-26  8:21 ` Robert Collins
2002-07-26  4:44 Demmer, Thomas
2002-07-26  2:14 Paul Derbyshire

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