Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.4-1

["David Rayner" <david at rayninfo dot co dot uk>]

PAC,

I do have a version in C:/unix/zsh.exe

But it's not in $PATH.


I have now totally reinstalled and will let u know what happens next time you release zsh.

Thanks

Date sent:      	Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:04:57 -0800 (PST)
From:           	"Peter A. Castro" <doctor@fruitbat.org>
To:             	zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk>
Copies to:      	cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject:        	Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.4-1

> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, zzapper wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:42:39 +0000,  wrote:
> > Peter,
> 
> Hi zzapper,
> 
> > I tried various things to make sure I had a completely up to date zsh.
> >
> > This is what I did:-
> >
> > rm /etc/z*
> >
> > mv ~/.z* ~/bak
> >
> > del zsh.exe  (actually did this from DOS)
> >
> > Then used Cygwin setup.exe  to UNINSTALL zsh.exe
> > Then installed via CygWin setup.exe
> > REINSTALL didn't worked probably for the same reason my zsh wouldn't upgrade
> 
> I can't seem to reproduce your symptoms.  Is it possible that you have
> another zsh exe somewhere else in your Windows PATH?  If you un-install
> zsh, can you then still run 'zsh' ?  For that matter, once you
> un-install, did you verify all exe's were removed?  There was one case
> where someone did an install from one account and when they tried
> upgrading from another account couldn't do it because of file
> ownership/permissions issues.
> 
> I'd recommend running uninstall first, then delete whatever's left over
> (and making sure the files were really removed) and then installing.
> Beyond that, I can't think of any reason why an older version would so
> stubornly stick around, unless you have two cygwin homes and they are
> both in your Windows PATH.
> 
> > zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh)
> > --
> > vim -c ":%s%s*%CyrnfrTfcbafbeROenzSZbbyranne%|:%s)[R-T]) )Ig|:norm G1VGg?"
> 
> -- 
> Peter A. Castro <doctor@fruitbat.org> or <Peter.Castro@oracle.com>
> 	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood
> 
> 


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