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Re: Cygwin setup crashes
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Manu" <manubee at wanadoo dot fr>,<cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 14:54:12 -0000
- Subject: Re: Cygwin setup crashes
Max Bowsher wrote:
> Manu wrote:
>>>> I've patched and rebuilt.
>>>> I have now: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file"
>>>> This occurs in install.cc, line 173:
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> /* install one source at a given prefix. */
>>>> static int
>>>> install_one_source (packagemeta & pkgm, packagesource & source,
>>>> String const &prefixURL, String const &prefixPath,
>>>> package_type_t type) {
>>>> int errors = 0;
>>>> Progress.SetText2 (source.Base ());
>>>> if (!source.Cached () || !io_stream::exists (source.Cached ()))
>>>> {
>>>> note (NULL, IDS_ERR_OPEN_READ, source.Cached (), "No such
>>>> file"); return 1;
>>>> }
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> Umm. This bug is known to exist, but we don't know how to reproduce
>>> it.
>>
>> At first glance, it occurs with the patch you suggested, when
>> uninstalling packages. Apparently, it is reproducible.
>
> When *uninstalling*? I've only ever seen it when installing.
Would you be able to try setup-2.322 (current HEAD)? We think we've fixed
this.
It's available at http://www.cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/ if it isn't
convenient to build it yourself.
Max.