[GRASS-SVN] r32799 - grass-web/trunk/grass62/binary/mswindows

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Fri Aug 15 20:13:03 EDT 2008


Author: hamish
Date: 2008-08-15 20:13:03 -0400 (Fri, 15 Aug 2008)
New Revision: 32799

Modified:
   grass-web/trunk/grass62/binary/mswindows/README.html
Log:
due to recent change in cygwin installer unsigned setup.ini files need to use "setup.exe -X"

Modified: grass-web/trunk/grass62/binary/mswindows/README.html
===================================================================
--- grass-web/trunk/grass62/binary/mswindows/README.html	2008-08-16 00:09:47 UTC (rev 32798)
+++ grass-web/trunk/grass62/binary/mswindows/README.html	2008-08-16 00:13:03 UTC (rev 32799)
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@
 For installation of Cygwin, see
 <a href="http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html#toc5">http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html#toc5</a>.
 
-These instructions can be used, but at step #3 use
+The instructions given there can be used with slight modification.
+
+Due to a
+<a href="http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html">recent
+change within the Cygwin installer program</a> you must now start Cygwin's
+<tt>setup.exe</tt> from the command line as "<tt>setup.exe -X</tt>".
+
+At step #3 use
 <tt>http://grass.ibiblio.org/grass62/binary/mswindows/</tt>
 (or a <a href="http://grass.ibiblio.org/mirrors.php">local mirror</a>)
 instead of <tt>http://geni.ath.cx/grass</tt>.



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