Re: How to get setup to *re*install a package from the command line

2022-09-08 Thread Eliot Moss
On 9/8/2022 2:00 AM, Christian Franke wrote: Eliot Moss wrote: If data in /etc/setup is still intact, a quick way with the GUI should be run to the recent 2.921 RC release of setup, select the "Up To Date" view and then press and hold Ctrl+R.

Re: How to get setup to *re*install a package from the command line

2022-09-08 Thread Christian Franke
Eliot Moss wrote: I've not been able to find a way to get setup, when used from the command line, to *re*install an existing package, so as to repair any brokenness. For context, I had my disk get trashed and restored from a cloud backup. However, that tool is not entirely competent about

Re: How to get setup to *re*install a package from the command line

2022-09-07 Thread ASSI
Eliot Moss writes: > I've not been able to find a way to get setup, when used from the command > line, to *re*install an existing package, so as to repair any brokenness. If it's not been broken in the years that passed by since I implemented it initially, telling setup to both remove and install

How to get setup to *re*install a package from the command line

2022-09-07 Thread Eliot Moss
Dear Cygwiners - I've not been able to find a way to get setup, when used from the command line, to *re*install an existing package, so as to repair any brokenness. For context, I had my disk get trashed and restored from a cloud backup. However, that tool is not entirely competent about