Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > David Been wrote: >> Uninstalling bash ... >> >> and "setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close, sorry >> etc"...... >> >> i have tried this repeatedly with different mirrors. If i restart on >> the same mirror it appears to check MD5's and jump to the Uninstalling >> bash crash.
> What version of 'setup.exe' are you running? Perhaps it's a bad > 'bash.lst.gz' file in '/etc/setup'? If so, you could try moving > it out of the way and trying again. Or indeed just trying again with the latest version (2.573.2.3) if that's not what you were already using. We fixed a number of bugs in this area, but it's always possible more remain; if it does turn out to be your bash.lst.gz, please send me a copy of the one you save (moving it out of the way, don't delete it) and I'll see if there's a fix. cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/