setup errors

[Max Bowsher]

news@garydjones.mailshell.com wrote:
> I encountered a couple of problems updating my installation this
> morning. I use the download option, and then run setup again
> with the "Install from Local Directory" option to actually
> update Cygwin. Setup.exe version 2.249.2.5.
>
> While performing the latter stage, I got an error saying "Can't
> open (null) for reading: no such file" (I know, I've seen a
> number of messages in the archives about this, though not a
> clear explanation of what it really means).

Essentially, setup mishandled its own internal datastructures.

Unfortunately, no one has been able to work out how to consistently
reproduce this, which makes debugging a challenge to say the least.

Max.


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