Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <600B91D5E4B8D211A58C00902724252C01BC02B9@piramida.hermes.si> From: David Balazic To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: Less fails with link error Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:46:34 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hermes.si > ---------- > From: Larry Hall[SMTP:cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com] > Reply To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Sent: 6. avgust 2003 17:32 > To: David Balazic > Cc: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com' > Subject: Re: Less fails with link error > > David Balazic wrote: > > > If I try to run less from bash, I get a dialog saying : > > > > less.exe - Entry Point Not Found > > > > The procedure entry point __getreent could not be located in the dynamic > > link library cygwin1.dll. > > > > [OK] > > > You've installed some test packages but you're not running the test ??? I just did a simple install of cygwin with setup.exe ( I only changed the install dir and selected some additional packages to install : less, zip, unzip and maybe some other I can't remember right now ) > cygwin package. Rerun setup, make sure you *don't* change the default > "Curr" to "Exp" and let it install anything it needs to. Try it again. Just run setup and click on NEXT intul FINISH or should I change some options. > > > > I would give you the "less" version number , but "rpm -q less" gives : > > > > $ rpm -qa > > error: db4 error(13) from dbenv->open: Permission denied > > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13) > > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > > no packages > > > > > > Doesn't anything work in cygwin ? :-) > > > No, nothing does. You shouldn't use it. Try Windows apps and O/Ss. > They _always_ work. > Excuse me, but after installing RH linux, less worked, rpm worked, all the tools worked, they were not eclipsed by some phantom mount on my rootfs ( see my other thread "RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1" ) > Did you install 'less' via 'rpm'? If you did, you want to inquire at the I installed less during setup > site that provided 'less' as an RPM file for assistance. If you did not > install 'less' via 'rpm', why are you surprised that it's not in the > RPM DB? BTW, 'cygcheck -c less' always provides package version > information if you install via setup.exe. > I assumed cygwin manages the packages via RPM, I guess I was wrong. $ cygcheck -c less Cygwin Package Information Package Version less 381-1 > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > > ################################################################# > ################################################################# > ################################################################# > ##### > ##### > ##### > ################################################################# > ################################################################# > ################################################################# > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/