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Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:07:26 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Setup.exe - snapshot runs but compiled from cvs get application error.
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Robert,
It sounds like this is the problem that I'd previously reported to you in
private email (for shame).

It was fixed by the patch which added a call to read the mount table earlier
in the setup.exe startup.

I think you said that you had a better fix for this, IIRC.

cgf

On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 05:04:02PM -0500, Brian Keener wrote:
>I downloaded snapshot 6 for setup (setup-2001-11-02-6.exe) from cygwin.com and 
>like what I see - great job Robert and Chris.  Now my problem - I actually 
>tried first to build the HEAD from cvs as well as the -rcategories and was 
>getting an error in both cases.  I downloaded the snapshot and it works like a 
>champ.  I then made sure I had all the current package updates and reconfigured 
>and rebuilt my cvs version and I still get the error.
>
>Now for the details.  When I try to run my built version (current cvs) it works 
>fine when I select install from internet or install from local directory but 
>when I select download from internet - setup crashes as soon as I select the 
>next button and I get the following error:
>>>
>setupcurr.exe - Application Error
>The instruction at "0x0040f7cd" referenced memory at "0x00000001".  The memory 
>could not be "read".
>
>Click OK to terminate the program 
>Click CANCEL to debug the program 
><<
>
>I also tried this with the version from -rcategories and get the same results 
>but the snapshot works as it should.  I ran the program through gdb and traced 
>the error to mount.cc - max_len seems to end up as a -1 in the following lines:
>
>char *native;
>if (max_len == strlen (path))
>  native = strdup (match->native);
>else
>  native = concat (match->native, "/", path + max_len, NULL);
>
>it fails on the else portion of this routine.
>
>Anyone got any suggestions how I can get my version compiling again - I know 
>I'm a pain.  This is on a Win2000 laptop.
>

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