Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:39 PM, wrote: > $ wget -S http://www.tug.org > $ Try it with wget -d -S http://www.tug.org (if cygcheck reports no missing DLL) -- Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

On 01/03/2010 20:39, chethc...@oplink wrote: [ missed one thing in my earlier response: ] > Does setup.exe use wget? Nope, that was the point; try and factor setup.exe out of the equation and see if your problem is with that or in the network. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports:

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 02:39:31PM -0600, chethc...@oplink.net wrote: >> As to the main problem, hmmm. Maybe if you could run it under GDB >> we might get a better look at the error. > >You mean run setup.exe under GDB? Will try it shortly, but: > >> I was going to suggest you try a snapshot of s

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

On 01/03/2010 20:39, chethc...@oplink wrote: > First, using my browser to get to http://cygwin.com/mirrors.lst, I get > a "not found on this server" error. I think this file might be > elsewhere. Absolutely not, no way. You have a very serious network problem. Probably a bad proxy server. E

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

> As to the main problem, hmmm. Maybe if you could run it under GDB > we might get a better look at the error. You mean run setup.exe under GDB? Will try it shortly, but: > I was going to suggest you try a snapshot of setup.exe with debug > information, but something appears to be wrong with th

Re: Setup fails with 1.7 upgrade attempt

On 01/03/2010 18:18, chethc...@oplink wrote: > One irritating note: There is no way I can figure out to get > setup.exe tell me what version of Cygwin it thinks it's installing. > How can I verify that the current setup program on the Cygwin web page > is for 1.7 and not 1.5? If it's "setup.ex

Re: Setup fails!

Kern wrote: in my opition you should copy the cygwin1.dll to the winnt/system32 directory.Ignore whatever the installer say there is an old dll in XXX path Errr.. NO! If you want to use the cygwin1.dll that's a part of cygwin, add cygwin\bin to your path (drive letter omitted here). Then you

Re: Setup fails!

Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Kern wrote: > 2005/10/13, Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: . Thanks. > > > > > > "The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the > > > dynamic link library cygwin1.dll!" > > > > What

Re: Setup fails!

in my opition you should copy the cygwin1.dll to the winnt/system32 directory.Ignore whatever the installer say there is an old dll in XXX path 2005/10/13, Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > "The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link > > library cygwin1.dll!"

Re: Setup fails!

> > "The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link > library cygwin1.dll!" What was the title of the popup box (in other words, which app reported this message)? getline() is not present in 1.5.18, only in snapshots. Did you, perchance, install coreutils-5.90-2, wh

Re: Setup fails!

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 04:50:47PM +, Roland Bengtsson wrote: >I tried to download the latest release of cygwin as I want to use lxr for >Linux. > >I run setup. choose a mirror and select to install the Devel category. >The downloading seems to go fine but after a while a dialog is shown: > >"

Re: Setup fails!

Roland Bengtsson wrote: I tried to download the latest release of cygwin as I want to use lxr for Linux. I run setup. choose a mirror and select to install the Devel category. The downloading seems to go fine but after a while a dialog is shown: "The procedure entry point getline could not be l

Re: Setup fails on XP Pro : no files in /etc + no permissions in /bin

Milner, Jon (EU-SES) wrote: > Thanks Max. I erased Cygwin and re-installed. Results are detailed below. > > I am installing for all users, logged in as myself 'GBMilneJ'. > I am a member of XP's Administrators group. > (I've installed several other programs, with no problems). > ... > C:\>cacls C:\

RE: Setup fails on XP Pro : no files in /etc + no permissions in /bin

l Message- From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 July 2003 18:41 To: Milner, Jon (EU-SES); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Setup fails on XP Pro : no files in /etc + no permissions in /bin Milner, Jon (EU-SES) wrote: > When I attempt to install Cygwin on my (new) XP Pro machine,

Re: Setup fails on XP Pro : no files in /etc + no permissions in /bin

Milner, Jon (EU-SES) wrote: > When I attempt to install Cygwin on my (new) XP Pro machine, setup appears > to complete okay, and I can launch bash, but something has gone badly wrong > (see listings below). > > Anyone know what I am doing wrong? > (Or what extra information I need to provide to ena

RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

Download from internet and install from internet share the same cache. Rob > -Original Message- > From: Matt Wilkie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for

Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

>>>Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install >>>sets available? >> >>When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the impression that >>'install from internet' would not save the downloaded packages after >>installing them. Perhaps the documentation (and/or the behavio

RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

on. > -Original Message- > From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 2:13 PM > To: Robert Collins > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No > such file" > > &g

RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

> > When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the=20 > > impression that 'install from internet' would not save the=20 > > downloaded packages after installing them. Perhaps the=20 > > documentation (and/or the behavior of > > setup) has changed since then. > > It hasn't changed in years.

RE: Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

> -Original Message- > From: Michael A Chase [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:33 AM > You can tell which packages have installed by > looking in /etc/setup for *.lst.gz . Please don't suggest this. The supported fashion is cygcheck -c. Rob -- Unsubscribe

Re: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

On Sat, 4 May 02 14:11:37 PDT Perry Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install > > sets available? > > When I read the instructions a month ago, I got the impression that > 'install from internet' would not save the downloaded packa

RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

> -Original Message- > From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 7:12 AM > To: Robert Collins > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No > such file" > >

RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

> > > Why did you run a two-step install? > > > > To have the install sets available for setting up other machines, > > or for reinstalling this one if (when!) Windoze gets hosed. > > Are you aware that 'install from internet' also makes the install > sets available? When I read the instructions

RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

Ok, to upgrade setup, download a new one from http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe. > -Original Message- > From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 6:00 PM > > What options did you select when running setup? > > Install from Local Directory > next scre

RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

> What options did you select when running setup? Install from Local Directory next screen unchanged (root C:\cygwin, all users, Unix files) next screen unchanged (local pkg dir C:\download\cygwin) Here it suggests upgrading setup, but doesn't provide a means to do so. Select to install the newly

RE: setup fails: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"

What options did you select when running setup? Why did you run a two-step install? Please send in the logs from /var/log/setup.log and /var/log/setup.log.full. Rob > -Original Message- > From: Perry Hutchison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 5:02 PM > To: [EMAI