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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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
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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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