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From: Corey Hershhorn <corey DOT hershhorn AT quovadx DOT com>
To: "'Robert Collins'" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Setup 2.249.2.3 on Win2k hangs while uninstalling packages
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:05:16 -0400
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:19 AM
To: Corey Hershhorn; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Setup 2.249.2.3 on Win2k hangs while uninstalling packages




>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com 
>> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Corey Hershhorn
>> Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2002 10:38 PM
>>
>> Pavel & Robert,
>> 
>> I have been able to reproduce a very similar issue on Windows 
>> 2000 SP2.
>
>Ouch. I'm very short on time, so I hope Pavel can pinpoint this. He's
>very good at that though, so I'm not worried :].
> 
>> 3) Canceling setup.exe when it is in the process of 
>> installing/uninstalling
>> yields the following error message about half the time: "setup.exe -
>> Application Error, The instruction at '0x0042a3de referenced memory at
>> 0x00000000.' The memory could not be 'read'." A similar 
>> message also appears
>> if setup.exe runs out of memory during its initial growth 
>> (i.e., if other
>> apps are running and I don't have much available memory to 
>> start with.)
>
>Is this in combination with your '2', or as a separate  but possibly
>overlapping issue?

I apologize. I was not very clear on this. Point 3 is in combination with 2.
In other words, the behavior noted in 3 only occurs if things have already
gone sour as in 2.
 





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