Re: subversion 1.4.6-1 dies with new cygwin install

[Brian <brian at brianm dot org>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:21 AM, René Berber <r.berber@computer.org> wrote:
>
>> With a new cygwin install, subversion 1.4.6-1 dies on execution. Under
>> XP, it silently exits. Under Vista, it launches the "This program has
>> stopped working" dialog. This doesn't happen with a machine upgrading
>> its version of cygwin, only on a new install. I've verified this by
>> wiping a cygwin installation where subversion 1.4.6-1 worked and
>> reinstalling cygwin.
>>
>> Perhaps there's a missing dependency with the new package?
>>
>> cygcheck output attached.
>
> Yep, svn has dependencies on expat-0 and expat-1, you only have the later.
>
> Searching the packages, cygexpat-0.dll is either from
> libexpat0/libexpat0-1.95.8-2 or expat/expat-1.95.8-1, and cygexpat-1.dll is
> from libexpat1/libexpat1-2.0.1-1.
>
> Looks like a build glitch more than a missing dependency.

Confirmed - installing libexpat0 is all that's required for svn to
run. Thank you

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