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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:02:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Dave Korn <dk AT artimi DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, Charles Plager <cplager+ucla AT fnal DOT gov>
Subject: RE: Reinstalling Cygwin
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Dave Korn wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles Plager
> > Sent: 30 January 2004 18:44
>
> >       Since I've *really* messed up my cygwin installation, I
> > deleted the directory and the registry keys (a bit rash) and
> > want to install it again.  The problem seems to be that it
> > always seems to "remember" my installation.  Do you know what
> > I need to do so that it doesn't know about any previous
> > installations and installs as if it was never there before?
>
>   Yep.  That is indeed the persistent state I was referring to.  When you
> run the cygwin setup package, it asks you to select a "Local package
> directory", in the step just after choosing where you want cygwin installed.
> That's the place where it's keeping the details of your previous
> installation.  Nuke it and start over.

No.  The "local package directory" is just a cache, and doesn't store any
state.  The setup state is stored in /etc/setup, and should have been
deleted when c:\cygwin was erased.  At a guess, the remaining state on the
OP's machine is system mounts (Cygwin uses subkeys of both HKCU and HKLM).
	Igor

>   For more info about the setup utility, see
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html
>
>     cheers,
>       DaveK

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