Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <95B669A7D872D41182A600508BDFFB8C02D02C08@mlbmx7.ess.harris.com> From: "Davis, William" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: setup error: MSVCRT.DLL on Windows ME Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:08:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sorry if this is a repeat for anyone, but I do not see the message in the mailing list archives and I see some of my replies after it. Perhaps this was discarded because it was sent before I subscribed to the list to read replies. I am trying to install CYGWIN on a Sony VAIO laptop that is running Windows Millenium Edition. I checked the FAQ and searched the mailing list archives but this problem does not seem to be mentioned. I also searched the web with a couple of search engines but that did not turn up anything relevant. I tried to install two different ways: network and download for local install. I did not check the src box for any of the packages on either attempt. NETWORK INSTALL ATTEMPT: I tried the online install, but it always hangs. Something mentioned virus scanners, so I ftp'ed setup.exe and scanned it and then ran it locally. It hangs and I think this log is from that attempt: 2001/09/27 11:29:57 Starting cygwin install, version 2.78.2.9 Current Directory: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin_local_package_temp source: network install Selected local directory: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin_local_package_temp source: download Selected local directory: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin_local_package_temp net: Direct get_url_to_string http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.lst site: ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin get_url_to_string ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/setup.ini ftp > h ftp > h ftp > h ... lots more lines with h as the command (which does not seem like a good command to be handing to ftp). Since it would not get setup.ini automatically, I ftp'ed it locally as well. I include the log above in case anyone is trying to track down this problem or in case it indicates something I need to change in the configuration of the VAIO. So, two ftp's into the process, I started setup.exe and selected a network install. I assume it is using the downloaded copy of setup.ini. Setup downloaded lots of stuff (probably everything) then showed an error dialog: Setup has caused an error in MSVCRT.DLL. Setup will now close. If you continue to experience problems, try restarting your computer. Does this mean that setup is trying to overwrite the MSVCRT.DLL on the C drive somewhere? I expected setup to use the existing DLLs and install new ones somewhere under the cygwin destination. That seems to be a common way for Windows programs to avoid the DLL hell that happens when various programs all need different versions of DLLs and overwrite standard Windows DLLs during installs. Does this mean setup already overwrite the MSVCRT.DLL and I now need to go back to avoid problems with other programs? Is the restart suggestion just a general thing for problems with Windows or is it because setup has tried to change some DLLs? This setup attempt was after a fresh boot, so restart is not going to help unless setup has changed something. LOCAL INSTALL ATTEMPT: Since the network install didn't work, I deleted all the CYGWIN stuff and and started over. After I deleted all the CYGWIN stuff from the network install attempt, I ftp'ed setup.exe and setup.ini and told setup to download all the files to a local folder. I figured I could install one piece at a time from the local folder and figure out which part is causing the trouble. After all the downloads, it still gave the same error about MSVCRT.DLL. Why is it messing around with anything when I told it to just download? The plan was to do a local install with the downloaded files. Setup allows network install, download, or local install. Does download really mean network install with the downloaded files save locally? setup.log.full from cygwin destination folder: 2001/09/27 11:36:33 Starting cygwin install, version 2.78.2.9 Current Directory: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin_local_package_temp source: from cwd Selected local directory: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin_local_package_temp root: D:\FutureSTT\cygwin text system get_url_to_string ./setup.ini Chooser results... [ash] action=Skip trust=unknown installed=unknown excluded=yes src?=no [prev] ver=20010805-1 inst=latest/ash/ash-20010805-1.tar.bz2 33818 exists=no src=latest/ash/ash-20010805-1-src.tar.bz2 142963 exists=no [curr] ver=20010827-1 inst=latest/ash/ash-20010827-1.tar.bz2 33780 exists=no src=latest/ash/ash-20010827-1-src.tar.bz2 143017 exists=no [autoconf] action=Skip trust=unknown installed=unknown excluded=yes src?=no [prev] ver=2.13-2 inst=latest/autoconf/autoconf-2.13-2.tar.gz 261675 exists=no src=latest/autoconf/autoconf-2.13-2-src.tar.gz 443844 exists=no [curr] ver=2.52-1 inst=latest/autoconf/autoconf-2.52-1.tar.bz2 309415 exists=no src=latest/autoconf/autoconf-2.52-1-src.tar.bz2 646826 exists=no ... (elided about 500 lines - lots of stuff downloaded fine) [zlib] action=Skip trust=unknown installed=unknown excluded=yes src?=no [prev] ver=1.1.3-5 inst=latest/zlib/zlib-1.1.3-5.tar.gz 72671 exists=no src=latest/zlib/zlib-1.1.3-5-src.tar.gz 179669 exists=no [curr] ver=1.1.3-6 inst=latest/zlib/zlib-1.1.3-6.tar.gz 72843 exists=no src=latest/zlib/zlib-1.1.3-6-src.tar.gz 188351 exists=no mbox note: Nothing needed to be installed 2001/09/27 11:37:10 Ending cygwin install The last line in the log fits with what I was expecting from the download: compressed files ready to be installed with a local install. Any ideas about what is going wrong and what can be done to get around it? advTHANKSance Bill Davis wdavis01 AT harris DOT com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/