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 From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: 1.5.12: problems without registry keys Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:08:28 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Dec 2004 16:08:28.0734 (UTC) FILETIME=[27B9A5E0:01C4DD40] > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Gary R. Van Sickle > Sent: 08 December 2004 05:14 > > > I have a custom app. (linux or windows) I've been > compiling with > > > cygwin for about 6 months. It use to run fine on any > > computer as long > > > as there was a copy of "cygwin1.dll" along with the exe. > > > Now (ver 1.5.12) the app just hangs on any computer > that doesn't > > > have cygwin installed. > > > > You aren't telling us the whole truth. There's no way on > > earth it should even load, let alone crash: you should get a > > requester saying "Could not find missing dll in path...". > > > > "a copy of "cygwin1.dll" along with the exe" != "computer [has] cygwin > installed" D'oh! Now I get it. Thanks also to Robert for explaining this to me. Well, I tried a little experiment. I used regedit to export my HKLM/software/cygnus solutions and HKCU/software/cygnus solutions keys to files for safekeeping, and then deleted them both. This was with no cygwin apps or services running. Then I fired up a dos shell, went to C:\cygwin (already have ...\bin in my %PATH%), and tried "bash --login -i". Apart from complaining about not finding /tmp mounted, it seemed to work ok, and it recreated dummy entries in my registry for those keys. No crash, no problem. I ran a few basic commands and they worked. I'm running with a fairly recent CVS build of cygwin. Maybe there was a problem at some point that is now fixed, in which case a snapshot should fix it. Or perhaps it's something that only occurs with the more complex file system operations undertaken by the application he's distributing. I guess it's time to request he http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PPAST. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/