Re: _impure_ptr warning in install

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, george young wrote:

> [Xwin 6.8.1.0-1, Windows XP pro 5.1, experienced with linux X, not a windows or cygwin hacker]
>
> I just did a full uninstall of cygwin everything, using the setup program.
> Then I installed:
> [setup version 2.427, from mirror.mcs.anl.gov]
>
> base/          cygwin emu engine  1.5.12-1
> X11/           X-start-menu-icons 1.0.3-2
>                X-startup-scripts  1.0.10-2
>                xorg-x11-base      6.8.1.0-1
>
> net/           inetutils          1.3.2-28
>
> interpreters/  python
>
>
> During the install I several times got the message:
>
> "The procedure entry point _impure_ptr could not be located in cygwin1.dll"
>
> Is something broken in the current release?
>
> -- George Young

Please review the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html> to see what information is usually
requested when reporting Cygwin problems.  Particularly, you should have
provided the output of "cygcheck -svr" on your system as an uncompressed
text attachment to your message.

At a guess, you most likely have more than one Cygwin1.dll on your
machine.  Run the Windows Find (Start Menu->Search) and search for all
instances of Cygwin1.dll.  Delete all but the one in your Cygwin's /bin
directory, then you should be able to reinstall normally.
	Igor
P.S. This is not a Cygwin/X problem, and thus belongs on the main Cygwin
list (<cygwin at cygwin dot com>).
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