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by KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) :: Rate this Message:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@... [mailto:cygwin-owner@...] On
> Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:15 AM
> To: cygwin@...
> Subject: Re: Stuck trying to reinstall Emacs 23.0.92 and setup dying
> each time
>
> As far as 1.7 is concerned, Emacs 23.0.92 is *not* an experimental
> release.  Uncheck the experimental box, then install the software.

Sorry, I should have made that clear.  I'm still on 1.5.  I'm not ready to make the jump to 1.7 yet.

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:20 AM, KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW)<dk068x@...>
> wrote:
>
> > I had set up Cygwin yesterday with the experimental Emacs 23.0.92.  I
> > had done other updates after that, forgetting the fact that since I'm
> > using an experimental package, I have to set the Emacs-related pages
> to
> > "Keep".  I'm now in a state where I have the 23.0.92 executable, but
> > with /usr/share/emacs/21.2.  So, now I'm trying to run setup again to
> > reinstall 23.0.92, or uninstall it, or anything.  No matter what I
> do,
> > setup dies hard, requiring a forced kill from task manager.
> >
> > What can I do to clean up from this situation?
>
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