Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/02/07/13:59:09
"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:
>
> At 01:06 PM 2/7/2001, Schnörr, Claudius Dr. wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I used cygwin-1.2.2 for a while without any problems.
> >
> >I tried several times to update to newer versions, but then every test to
> >compile and link my programs failed so far. I didn't report this hoping the
> >problem to disappear with newer versions (I was not sure whether this is my
> >fault or cygwins, and I continue to be in doubt).
> >
> >Now I updated with setup.exe to the versions mentioned above.
> >% gcc test.c
> >ends up with running collect2.exe forever.
> >The file test.c:
> >void main() {
> > int i = 1;
> > i = i + 1;
> >}
> >
> >collect2 has to be killed manually by the task-manager.
> >The executable is built correctly, just collect2 does not finish and is
> >consuming all cpu it gets.
> >
> >With best wishes,
> >
> >Claudius
>
> Since you're the only one who has reported such troubles (and I assume that
> you mean cygwin 1.1.2) and there have been many releases since, I'd have to
> surmise that the problem is in your environment. Since you didn't provide
> much information to go on, I'm going to guess that your attempts to update
> were not complete, either because you chose to update only certain packages
> or because of some network/setup problem that got you only some of the
> packages. I'd recommend trying to update again, using setup.exe. If you
> still have problems, send the output of cygcheck -s -r -v to the list and
> someone may be able to help you spot where your problem is.
>
More specifically, use http://cygwin.com/setup.exe. Also, before
updating make sure that all processes, including services that might
have the cygwin1.dll open are closed.
Earnie.
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