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RE: Pondering on "cygcheck -c" output; Some "Incomplete" packages+ multiple versions of "libxerces"
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" <garbage_collector at telia dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:53:42 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Pondering on "cygcheck -c" output; Some "Incomplete" packages+ multiple versions of "libxerces"
- References: <NGBBLLIAMFLGJEOAJCCEMELPDDAA.garbage_collector@telia.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
> > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> > Of Igor Pechtchanski
>
> > Hannu,
> >
> > Replies inline below:
> >
> > On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm... should I be concerned about these?
> > >
> > > I've seen "diff" and "XFree86-base" mentioned - and disregarded as
> > > important in previous messages here. But not the others.
^^^^^^^^^
I assume you mean "unimportant".
> > >
> > > $ uname -a
> > > CYGWIN_NT-5.0 P450 1.5.3(0.90/3/2) 2003-09-01 13:15 i686 unknown unknown
> > > Cygwin
> > > $ cygcheck -c >~/c_c.txt
> > >
> > > gzip: stdout: Bad file descriptor
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Hmm, I'm not sure I like this. I'll investigate.
As CGF said, the latest version won't exec the gzip program, so never
mind.
> > > $ grep -i incomplete ~/c_c.txt
> > > diff 1.0-1 Incomplete
> > > mod_auth_mysql 1.11-1 Incomplete
> > > mod_auth_ntsec 1.7-1 Incomplete
> > > mod_dav 1.0.3-1.3.6-1 Incomplete
> > > mod_php4 4.2.0-2 Incomplete
> > > mod_ssl 2.8.8-1.3.24-1 Incomplete
> > > newlib-man 20020801 Incomplete
> > > tetex-base 2.0.2-1 Incomplete
> > > tetex-beta 20020911-1 Incomplete
> > > tetex-tiny 2.0.2-1 Incomplete
> > > texmf 20020911-1 Incomplete
> > > texmf-base 20020911-1 Incomplete
> > > texmf-doc 20020911-1 Incomplete
> > > texmf-extra 20020911-1 Incomplete
> > > texmf-tiny 20020911-1 Incomplete
> > > XFree86-base 4.3.0-1 Incomplete
> > >
> > > I tried a re-install of the above packages, but that doesn't seem to change
> > > anything...
> > > [snip]
> >
> > Try adding a "-v" ("--verbose") option -- it should tell you exactly why
> > those packages are deemed incomplete, e.g., what files are missing. FWIW,
> > I have tetex-* packages installed on my system with no missing files. I
> > believe the texmf-* packages are upgrade helpers and might be empty.
>
> Cygwin Package Information
> Last downloaded files to:
> E:\_SystemBackup\Programvara_fri\www.cygwin.com\cygwin-downloads
> Last downloaded files from: http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cygwin
>
> Package Version Status
>
> <snip>
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/diff.lst.gz for package diff
> diff 1.0-1 Incomplete
>
> <snip>
> Missing file: /usr/lib/apache/new/mod_auth_mysql.dll from package
> mod_auth_mysql
> mod_auth_mysql 1.11-1 Incomplete
> Missing file: /usr/lib/apache/new/mod_auth_ntsec.dll from package
> mod_auth_ntsec
> mod_auth_ntsec 1.7-1 Incomplete
> Missing file: /usr/lib/apache/new/libdav.dll from package mod_dav
> mod_dav 1.0.3-1.3.6-1 Incomplete
> Missing file: /usr/lib/apache/new/libphp4.dll from package mod_php4
> mod_php4 4.2.0-2 Incomplete
> Missing file: /usr/lib/apache/new/libssl.dll from package mod_ssl
> mod_ssl 2.8.8-1.3.24-1 Incomplete
Ok, I see. These packages are most likely performing the same postinstall
directory renaming trick as the one I complained about in
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-09/msg00334.html>. As before,
suggestions on how to deal with this are welcome. Stipe?
> <snip>
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/newlib-man.lst.gz for package newlib-man
> newlib-man 20020801 Incomplete
>
> <snip>
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/tetex-beta.lst.gz for package tetex-beta
> tetex-beta 20020911-1 Incomplete
>
> <snip>
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/texmf.lst.gz for package texmf
> texmf 20020911-1 Incomplete
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/texmf-base.lst.gz for package texmf-base
> texmf-base 20020911-1 Incomplete
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/texmf-doc.lst.gz for package texmf-doc
> texmf-doc 20020911-1 Incomplete
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/texmf-extra.lst.gz for package texmf-extra
> texmf-extra 20020911-1 Incomplete
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/texmf-tiny.lst.gz for package texmf-tiny
> texmf-tiny 20020911-1 Incomplete
>
> <snip>
> Can't open file list /etc/setup/XFree86-base.lst.gz for package XFree86-base
> XFree86-base 4.3.0-1 Incomplete
>
> <snip>
All of the above should be reported as "OK" by the latest version. I'll
add some more checking, though.
Igor
> > > Additionally, there seems to be multiple versions of libxerces installed.
> > > I'm not "worried" as I don't use it (at least currently), but others
> > > might...
> > >
> > > $ grep -i libxe c_c-reinstalled.txt
> > > libxerces-c21 2.1.0-1 OK
> > > libxerces-c22 2.2.0-1 OK
> > > libxerces-c23 2.3.0-2 OK
> >
> > These indicate that you've used setup.exe to install various versions of
> > libxerces from somewhere other than the official mirror -- check your
> > /var/log/setup.log, it should have a record of this.
> > Igor
>
> $ wc -l /var/log/setup.log
> 13836 /var/log/setup.log
> $ grep -i libxerces /var/log/setup.log
> <snip>
> 2003/09/07 13:35:38 Uninstalling libxerces-c21
> 2003/09/07 13:35:38 Uninstalling libxerces-c22
> 2003/09/07 13:35:38 Uninstalling libxerces-c23
> 2003/09/07 13:43:47 Installing
> file://E:\_SystemBackup\Programvara_fri\www.cygwin.com\cygwin-downloads/http
> %3a%2f%2fmirrors.sunsite.dk%2fcygwin/release/xerces-c/libxerces-c21/libxerce
> s-c21-2.1.0-1.tar.bz2
> 2003/09/07 13:43:48 Installing
> file://E:\_SystemBackup\Programvara_fri\www.cygwin.com\cygwin-downloads/ftp%
> 3a%2f%2fftp.mirror.ac.uk%2fsites%2fsources.redhat.com%2fpub%2fcygwin/release
> /xerces-c/libxerces-c22/libxerces-c22-2.2.0-1.tar.bz2
> 2003/09/07 13:43:50 Installing
> file://E:\_SystemBackup\Programvara_fri\www.cygwin.com\cygwin-downloads/ftp%
> 3a%2f%2fftp.mirror.ac.uk%2fsites%2fsources.redhat.com%2fpub%2fcygwin/release
> /xerces-c/libxerces-c23/libxerces-c23-2.3.0-2.tar.bz2
> 2003/09/07 13:43:52 libxerces-c21
> 2003/09/07 13:43:52 libxerces-c22
> 2003/09/07 13:43:52 libxerces-c23
> 2003/09/07 22:10:23 libxerces-c21
> 2003/09/07 22:10:23 libxerces-c22
> 2003/09/07 22:10:23 libxerces-c23
>
> Hmm... someone posted a "cleanup" script recently... I'll go google for
> it...
>
> Ahh... Max Bowsher:
> clean_setup.pl at http://home.ix.netcom.com/~mchase/zip/
>
> I'll backup my downloads and then use it - if I can get it running ;-P
>
> /Hannu E K Nevalainen
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