Comments on: cygwin: setup.exe crashes when upgrading packages http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:48:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ruben.laguna http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-43470 ruben.laguna Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:42:28 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-43470 You can always send these things directly to the cygwin mailing list. Once you post a solution to the mailing list it's available for everybody. You can always send these things directly to the cygwin mailing list. Once you post a solution to the mailing list it’s available for everybody.

]]> By: William Crosmun http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-43264 William Crosmun Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:13:04 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-43264 I feel bad that I didn't post the solution to the mail thread in the first place, but I couldn't figure out how. That's why I sent it to Mario Frasca personally. Thanks, Ruben, for posting it so everyone could find it. I'm sorry to see that so many were affected, but I'm glad it helped. Now, if anyone is having trouble getting apache to run in cygwin 1.7, I've gotten past that one as well (rename cygwin1.dll in your cygwin 1.5 tree. Seems the 1.7 cygserver is finding the wrong dll when it tries to start). Maybe someone can tell me how to post that solution so that others can find it... I feel bad that I didn’t post the solution to the mail thread in the first place, but I couldn’t figure out how. That’s why I sent it to Mario Frasca personally. Thanks, Ruben, for posting it so everyone could find it. I’m sorry to see that so many were affected, but I’m glad it helped.

Now, if anyone is having trouble getting apache to run in cygwin 1.7, I’ve gotten past that one as well (rename cygwin1.dll in your cygwin 1.5 tree. Seems the 1.7 cygserver is finding the wrong dll when it tries to start). Maybe someone can tell me how to post that solution so that others can find it…

]]> By: sux http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-39094 sux Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:38:33 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-39094 <p>I just wasted a whole working day on this crap. I thought MS sux! This is a reason why professionals in industry shy away from Open Source and Linux. We just don't have the time to mess around with Kinderkrankheiten like this. It's better to pay 5k to some vendor if his software works with a few clicks, than waste a week on this type of crap and then blow 10k in lost earnings. Plus OS software is usually hard to work with. This must be my 6th time I tried moving from Windows to linux. Yet another failure. I guess there is a reason other than dirty trix why Windows is dominant.</p> I just wasted a whole working day on this crap. I thought MS sux! This is a reason why professionals in industry shy away from Open Source and Linux. We just don’t have the time to mess around with Kinderkrankheiten like this. It’s better to pay 5k to some vendor if his software works with a few clicks, than waste a week on this type of crap and then blow 10k in lost earnings. Plus OS software is usually hard to work with. This must be my 6th time I tried moving from Windows to linux. Yet another failure. I guess there is a reason other than dirty trix why Windows is dominant.

]]> By: Steve http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-38454 Steve Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:28:16 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-38454 <p>Thanks to you and Anonymous (Posted November 26, 2008 at 5:26 am) for the tip and for a way to find damaged setup files: for i in $(ls /etc/setup/*.gz); do gunzip -t $i; done</p> Thanks to you and Anonymous (Posted November 26, 2008 at 5:26 am) for the tip and for a way to find damaged setup files:
for i in $(ls /etc/setup/*.gz); do gunzip -t $i; done

]]> By: andrew http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-37802 andrew Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:15:04 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-37802 <p>Thanks to you and Google, I fixed this problem in < 5 minutes. Yay Internet!</p> Thanks to you and Google, I fixed this problem in < 5 minutes. Yay Internet!

]]> By: Frank http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-36170 Frank Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:30:21 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-36170 <p>Deleting the bash.lst.gz file solved my setup problem too. Thanks.</p> Deleting the bash.lst.gz file solved my setup problem too. Thanks.

]]> By: Misa http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-35681 Misa Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:08:11 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-35681 <p>Thank you. What a frustrating issue but your blog post helped tremendously!</p> Thank you. What a frustrating issue but your blog post helped tremendously!

]]> By: alan http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-35088 alan Wed, 20 May 2009 14:30:43 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-35088 <p>yr a legend mate. this just saved me a lot of pissing about.</p> yr a legend mate. this just saved me a lot of pissing about.

]]> By: dale http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-when-upgrading-packages/comment-page-1/#comment-34934 dale Sat, 16 May 2009 13:16:13 +0000 http://rubenlaguna.com/wp/2007/11/05/cygwin-setupexe-crashes-whem-upgrading-packages/#comment-34934 <p>solved my cygwin setup.exe crash on bash upgrade as well, thanks!</p> solved my cygwin setup.exe crash on bash upgrade as well, thanks!

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