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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:58:29 +0100
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de>
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To: Colin Eberhardt <colin DOT eberhardt AT tecsphere DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 1.5.18: Problem installing automake1.9
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Colin Eberhardt wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I am a first time user of cygwin so I hope this is not a stupid
> question. I have searched the archives and googled the web but have not
> found an answer yet.
> 
> I am hoping to do some C++ development and wish to use GCC, GDB etc...
> from cygwin.
> 
> I have installed everything I need, apart from automake1.9. The files
> are all unpacked, however when the installer runs:
> 
> "etc/postinstall/automake1.9.sh"
> 
> The following pops up:
> 
> "The procedure entry point ___getreent could not be located in the
> dynamic link library cygwin.dll"
> 
> I thought that this is the type of error that you see if the wrong
> versions of files are being used when trying to link or execute
> components?
> 
> I am running the installer directly from the cygwin homepage.
> 
> Any suggestions?

You have an old version of cygwin1.dll installed, update only cygwin
at first and then reinstall the wanted packages using setup.exe.


Gerrit
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