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Subject:	Re: 1.5.25-11: Bash Fails after initial install on Windows 2008 Server
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On May 20 20:02, Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Eric Berge on 5/20/2008 9:52 AM:
> | I installed cygwin today on a Windows 2008 (32-bit) server
>
> I don't have access to Windows 2008, so take my advice with a grain of 
> salt...
>
> Often, crashing apps are the sign of http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA.
> But in your case, this line from the cygcheck output is telling:
>
> |
> | Windows Longhorn/Vista (not yet supported!) Ver 6.0 Build 6001 Service
> Pack 1
>
> You may want to try a snapshot, to see if the eventual 1.7.0 will handle
> your setup better.

That's really just a left over in cygcheck in the 1.5 branch.  After
all, the main purpose of the -11 release was to get Cygwin working on
Windows 2008.  I don't know what's causing the crash but it's not a
general inability of Cygwin 1.5.25-11 or -12 to run on 2008.


Corinna

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