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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:01:18 -0500
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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On 01/12/2010 07:16 AM, Tod wrote:
> On 1/11/2010 3:58 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> On 01/11/2010 03:46 PM, Tod wrote:
>>> I'm upgrading to 1.7.1 from the previous version which I was pretty good
>>> at keeping up to date.
>>>
>>> I ran into a problem installing openssh which locked the install forcing
>>> me to cancel. I stopped the openssh service and cygwin service and tried
>>> again. It completed with me ok'ing past pointer errors on certain
>>> packages from the previous install attempt. I restarted and now get the
>>> message:
>>>
>>> "The procedure entry point __ctype_ptr__ could not be located in the
>>> dynamic link library cygwin1.dll."
>>>
>>> I'm running XP service pack 2. I haven't rebooted the box yet so maybe
>>> that has something to do with it? The thought was that reboot in Cygwin
>>> terms was restarting Cygwin. I'll try the box now and report back
>>> tomorrow.
>>
>> Not when you're dealing with an in-use version of cygwin1.dll during
>> an installation
>> it's not. Clearly what you're running into is postinstall scripts that
>> are running with
>> updated tools accessing the older version of cygwin1.dll you have. The
>> solution?
>> Reboot and run 'setup.exe' again. The postinstall scripts that didn't
>> already run
>> will be run in the process. You don't need to reinstall any packages
>> unless
>> you ignored any of the error messages you got and allowed the
>> postinstall scripts
>> to continue running.
>
> Speaking of reinstall, if I did ignore those pesky error messages, is
> there a way to mark all my existing packages for update so I can rereun
> the setup again? Kind of like an upgrade do over?

Rerun 'setup.exe' and click the symbol next to "All" until "Reinstall" shows up.
Continue with 'setup.exe' as usual.  This will reinstall all the packages 
you have
installed.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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