Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/07/27/23:34:20
Thanks to Larry and Igor.
I was indeed wondering why the "current" and "new" columns for vim and tcsh
appeared to be versionally reversed in the cygwin setup.exe program. I
didn't see "test" anywhere but I now understand the context. It now also
appears clear why setup.exe insists on "upgrading" those utilities to
previous versions whenever I invoke it while online. I've looked for a good
guide to setup.exe but could not find one on the cygwin site. Live and
learn, I guess.
>From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
>Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>To: H Q <thermalhorizon AT hotmail DOT com>
>CC: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>Subject: Re: missing exported function from cygwin1.dll
>Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:19:49 -0400
>
>Ah, you still have the test (Cygwin 1.5) versions of vim and tcsh.
>You need to downgrade those to the current version if you're not
>going to use the Cygwin 1.5 DLL.
>
>Larry
>
>
>H Q wrote:
>
>>Thanks, I've attached the text output of cygcheck, with the hostname
>>asterisked for privacy.
>>Regarding the functions stated as "missing" in the error message:
>>
>>For vim, the file needed was _getreent (decoration retained)
>>For tcsh, the file was _fstat64 "
>>
>>I'm also concerned about other programs that may not find what is needed
>>in installed DLL's despite a consistent download and install for the DLL's
>>and calling programs via setup.exe. In the case above, both vim and tcsh
>>were the most up-to-date on the cygwin.com site. Hopefully this can be
>>resolved without doing a rebuild of cygwin modules.
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>>From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
>>>Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>>>To: H Q <thermalhorizon AT hotmail DOT com>
>>>CC: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>>>Subject: Re: missing exported function from cygwin1.dll
>>>Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:12:40 -0400 (EDT)
>>>
>>>On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, H Q wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > I've looked through all the faqs and have searched the archives, but I
>>>can't
>>> > find a resolution. I downloaded cygwin 1.3.22-1 along with several
>>>other
>>> > binaries from the cygwin site using setup.exe. I have the current
>>>versions
>>> > of everything. Vim and tcsh would not work, with an error indicating
>>>that
>>> > the executable file is linked to a missing cygwin1.dll exported
>>>function.
>>> > Cygwin1.dll is where it is supposed to be, so I don't think it's a
>>>problem
>>> > with vim or tcsh not being able to point to the library.
>>> >
>>> > Otherwise cygwin runs fine, including BASH commands as well as
>>>utilities
>>> > such as ed and awk.
>>> >
>>> > I've uninstalled, re-downloaded, and re-installed cygwin 1.3.22-1; no
>>>dice.
>>> >
>>> > The /etc/profile file has the appropriate path defined, /bin,
>>>/usr/bin,
>>> > /usr/local/bin. Cygwin1.dll is in /bin where / is the root cygwin
>>> > directory.
>>> >
>>> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>> > Thanks
>>>
>>>Hmm, exactly which missing function does the error mention? Also, it's
>>>usually a good idea, when reporting Cygwin problems, to attach the output
>>>of "cygcheck -svr", as indicated in <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
>
>
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