On Aug 6, 2014, at 3:37 AM, Nikhil Nair <nn...@pobox.com> wrote:

> <cygcheck-output.txt>

The output shows that a number of key packages are incomplete, meaning that 
files they own no longer exist on your system.  It is not that c:\cygwin is 
missing, but that a small but critical subset of key Cygwin files are missing.

Most importantly, the bash and cygwin packages are broken.  You need to 
reinstall these.  I don’t know how your UI works, but those of us who can use 
mice click the version number in the Cygwin setup.exe package list until it 
says Reinstall.

Also broken are binutils and gcc-core, which will prevent you from compiling 
most open-source software.

You should also reinstall the openssh, pulseaudio, and texinfo packages.  These 
might have just been dragged in as dependencies, and not be software you 
actually use, but there’s no sense leaving them in a broken state.
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