X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <43F76DE7.3010605@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:56:39 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051223 Fedora/1.5-0.2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5 Mnenhy/0.7.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: make: rm: command not found References: <20060210174942 DOT GC6925 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <009601c62e75$4717c7f0$a501a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> <20060210191612 DOT GA9482 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> In-Reply-To: <20060210191612.GA9482@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 07:07:46PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote: >> On 10 February 2006 17:50, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 09:45:44AM -0800, JefV wrote: >>>> I re-installed cygwin and it seems to be working now. Strange. >>> So, for those who keep track of such things, that's: >>> >>> One (1) reinstall to fix problems running "rm" under "make". >> Well, after all, it is only a /minor/ problem. > > Right. I'm just thinking that we can probably add a "problem solving" > section to setup.exe which did the reinstallation automatically. > > Something along the lines of a "click here if you are having problems with > a current installation" which would bring you to a screen that said: > > Type of problem: > > [.] "rm: command not found" under make > [ ] cron can't access remote shares > [ ] ssh not working (followed all instructions at pigtale.net) > [ ] ssh not working (followed all instructions at networksimpcity.net) > [ ] screen flashes when clicking on cygwin icon > . > . > . > > Then setup.exe could know that, e.g., it takes one reinstall to fix the > "rm" problem, four reinstalls to fix the pigtale.net ssh problem, and > nine reinstalls to fix the networksimpcity.net ssh problem. > > This will take additional time, of course, but the eventual result would > be problem-free cygwin installations. Yeah but if the problem is really with installing, I think we need to go to the heart of the matter. There has to be a way to get Cygwin running without the tedium and error-prone requirement of installing it. Couldn't we just make it so the user could type "run cygwin" at the cmd/command.com line and have it do the right thing? That would be ideal! -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/