On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
Larry Hall wrote:
At 02:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
I will be adding
doc to the webpage talking about the perils of downgrading, but in truth
this subject should be noted in the normal FAQ concerning reverting to
the previous version
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 01:09:26PM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote:
I guess, part of the professionalism of a product, is to provide as much
meaningful information as possible, but also to account for the cock-pit
errors that commonly occur and give warnings concerning them.
The adjective meaningful
Larry Hall wrote:
At 02:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
I will be adding
doc to the webpage talking about the perils of downgrading, but in truth
this subject should be noted in the normal FAQ concerning reverting to
the previous version as well.
The Cygwin FAQ doesn't seem to be the right
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
current installation (using the cygwin time machine mentioned some
days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
directory is undeletable.
This is due to some symbolic links from versions of
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Neven Luetic wrote:
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
current installation (using the cygwin time machine mentioned some
days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
directory is undeletable.
This is
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Neven Luetic wrote:
Hello,
Greetings Neven,
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
current installation (using the cygwin time machine mentioned some
days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
directory is
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
At 01:34 PM 1/25/2005, Dave Korn wrote:
This subject is really off-topic for this list. The cygwin
time machine is not a service supported by this list.
Larry, you're being too harsh there! The how to uninstall procedure is
standard advice and
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 11:10:49AM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
Obviously, those who disagree with me are still free to answer the
inevitable posts that we'll get here about the cygwin time machine
anyway. With any luck, those posts will be few and far
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 11:10:49AM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
Obviously, those who disagree with me are still free to answer the
inevitable posts that we'll get here about the cygwin time machine
anyway.
I see from later email that you are having problems removing some files
(specifically symlinks). I'd check who actually owns those files, using
the Windows Explorer, (right-click on file) Properties-Security tab.
See who owns it. You might need to take ownership of the file, or login
as the
At 02:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
of variations and options available that were not there heretofore.
This is the reason I directed Neven back to Peter's site. Clearly,
though, if Neven and others that use the cygwin time machine can get
what they need
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
At 02:10 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
of variations and options available that were not there heretofore.
This is the reason I directed Neven back to Peter's site. Clearly,
though, if Neven and others that use
Neven Luetic wrote:
I am able to change owner and permissions of these files to whatever I
want, but I can not delete them (Permission denied).
What should I do, to get a clean new install?
Have you completely rebooted (never hurts just to make sure) and followed the
directions in the
At 11:28 AM 1/25/2005, you wrote:
Hello,
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
current installation (using the cygwin time machine mentioned some
days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
directory is undeletable.
This is due to
Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 12:20 -0500 schrieb Brian Keener:
Neven Luetic wrote:
I am able to change owner and permissions of these files to whatever I
want, but I can not delete them (Permission denied).
What should I do, to get a clean new install?
Have you completely rebooted
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
current installation (using the cygwin time machine mentioned some
days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
directory is undeletable.
This is due to some symbolic links from versions of
-Original Message-
From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Larry Hall
Sent: 25 January 2005 17:42
At 11:28 AM 1/25/2005, you wrote:
Hello,
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of
cygwin over my
current installation (using the cygwin time machine mentioned some
days
Neven Luetic wrote:
In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install a
new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can not
get rid of the old directory. Everything inside, that's a real file,
can be deleted manually by setting the appropriate privileges -
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of
cygwin over my
current installation (using the cygwin time machine mentioned some
days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but
the cygwin
directory is undeletable.
This is due to some symbolic links from
Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 11:47 -0800 schrieb Andrew DeFaria:
Neven Luetic wrote:
In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install a
new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can not
get rid of the old directory. Everything inside, that's a real
Neven Luetic wrote:
Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 11:47 -0800 schrieb Andrew DeFaria:
Neven Luetic wrote:
In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install
a new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can
not get rid of the old directory. Everything inside,
It says: x cannot be deleted. Access denied. Maybe the source file is
opened (maybe this translation from german is bad, but I saw it
before, so you'll recognize it).
Does any process have this file opened? Try using Process Explorer from
SysInternals.com.
Process Explorer doesn't
Neven Luetic wrote:
It says: x cannot be deleted. Access denied. Maybe the source file
is opened (maybe this translation from german is bad, but I saw it
before, so you'll recognize it).
Does any process have this file opened? Try using Process Explorer
from SysInternals.com.
Process Explorer
At 01:34 PM 1/25/2005, Dave Korn wrote:
This subject is really off-topic for this list. The cygwin
time machine is not a service supported by this list.
Larry, you're being too harsh there! The how to uninstall procedure is
standard advice and fully backwardly compatible. If we would
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Neven Luetic wrote:
It says: x cannot be deleted. Access denied. Maybe the source file
is opened (maybe this translation from german is bad, but I saw it
before, so you'll recognize it).
Does any process have this file opened? Try using Process Explorer
from
At 01:20 PM 1/25/2005, you wrote:
after a (stupid) attempt to install an older version of cygwin over my
current installation (using the cygwin time machine mentioned some
days ago) I just wanted to throw it away and start anew, but the cygwin
directory is undeletable.
This is due to
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