Unable to install MingW & gcc C & C++ libraries

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>  Reformatted.

On 12/10/2009 06:01 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Ken Brown<kbrown at cornell period edu>  wrote:
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>  Don't feed the spammers.  Thanks.

>> On 12/10/2009 3:44 PM, Chip Panarchy wrote:
>>>
>>> Then I download the latest (1.7) installer of Cygwin, and select the
>>> following;

<snip>

>>> For some reason it gets stuck at the emacs.sh screen.
>>
>> This is strange, but I don't know if it explains the problem:
>>
>> 2009/12/10 09:52:25 root: C:\cygwin
>> [...]
>> 2009/12/10 10:47:31 running: N:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe...
>>
>> Do you have an old Cygwin installation in N:\cygwin?
> Nope, removed all my old files, folders&  registry keys.
>
> Any other ideas?

What's on N:?  Setup is finding bash there under \cygwin\bin
so something is there and that's having an adverse affect
on your installation.  Is there a network installation of another
Cygwin there?

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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