Re: setup.exe deleted some files

2007-09-26 Thread Paul McFerrin
I'm adapting to all the changes since B20. I have adopted the following changes in the way I do things: 1) make sure my backups are *really* working before any upgrades 2) institute protected programs; by linking items in /bin to /localbin 3) now that I better understand setup, go with

Re: setup.exe deleted some files

2007-09-25 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Paul McFerrin wrote: Can you really *expect* that someone running B20 for 5+ years can remember from which package to select so you will not lose a particular program that you've been using for years. Heck I didn't even know it was part of the linux util package. I never used a Linus system

Re: setup.exe deleted some files

2007-09-25 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:32:26AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Paul McFerrin wrote: Can you really *expect* that someone running B20 for 5+ years can remember from which package to select so you will not lose a particular program that you've been using for years. Heck I didn't even know it

Re: setup.exe deleted some files

2007-09-25 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:32:26AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Paul McFerrin wrote: Can you really *expect* that someone running B20 for 5+ years can remember from which package to select so you will not lose a particular program that you've been using for

Re: setup.exe deleted some files

2007-09-24 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Paul McFerrin wrote: When I inadvertantly ran setup to perform an upgrade of my B20 environment the other week, I noticed that it deleted some files in my /bin directory. One particular file was cal.exe which I use more frequently than a real calendar. Is this normal or was it a fluke. I

Re: setup.exe deleted some files

2007-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 05:40:25PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Paul McFerrin wrote: When I inadvertantly ran setup to perform an upgrade of my B20 environment the other week, I noticed that it deleted some files in my /bin directory. One particular file was cal.exe which I use more

Re: setup.exe deleted some files

2007-09-24 Thread Paul McFerrin
Can you really *expect* that someone running B20 for 5+ years can remember from which package to select so you will not lose a particular program that you've been using for years. Heck I didn't even know it was part of the linux util package. I never used a Linus system before. The cal