X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B4B90E8.20904@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:58:16 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin upgrade References: <4B4B8E0C.4060307@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B4B8E0C.4060307@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 01/11/2010 03:46 PM, Tod wrote: > I'm upgrading to 1.7.1 from the previous version which I was pretty good > at keeping up to date. > > I ran into a problem installing openssh which locked the install forcing > me to cancel. I stopped the openssh service and cygwin service and tried > again. It completed with me ok'ing past pointer errors on certain > packages from the previous install attempt. I restarted and now get the > message: > > "The procedure entry point __ctype_ptr__ could not be located in the > dynamic link library cygwin1.dll." > > I'm running XP service pack 2. I haven't rebooted the box yet so maybe > that has something to do with it? The thought was that reboot in Cygwin > terms was restarting Cygwin. I'll try the box now and report back tomorrow. Not when you're dealing with an in-use version of cygwin1.dll during an installation it's not. Clearly what you're running into is postinstall scripts that are running with updated tools accessing the older version of cygwin1.dll you have. The solution? Reboot and run 'setup.exe' again. The postinstall scripts that didn't already run will be run in the process. You don't need to reinstall any packages unless you ignored any of the error messages you got and allowed the postinstall scripts to continue running. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple