Cygwin 1.7.1-1 Setup.exe version 2.676 fails to install on Windows 7 x64

Sun Jan 17 01:33:00 GMT 2010

On 01/16/2010 08:03 PM, Sven KÃ¶hler wrote:
> Am 17.01.2010 01:07, schrieb Clinton Goudie-Nice:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Cygwin 1.7.1 is failing to install on a relatively clean Windows 7 x64
>> box. I installed this box today, applied the updates and installed a
>> minimal amount of other software (MS office 2007, WHS client, the
>> gimp, inkscribe, pidgin, flash, and acrobat reader). I applied all of
>> the windows updates to bring the box current, then I tried to install
>> cygwin.
>>
>> The cygwin installer hangs at /var/lib/alternatives/.keep-alternatives
>> for alternatives-1.3.30c-10
>
> Same problem here.

Try again with 2.677.  It's out now.  If you don't get it when you
download from cygwin.com, make sure none of your servers are
caching an old copy.

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