missing exported function from cygwin1.dll

[Larry Hall]

Ah, you still have the test (Cygwin 1.5) versions of vim and tcsh.
You need to downgrade those to the current version if you're not
going to use the Cygwin 1.5 DLL.

Larry


H Q wrote:

> Thanks, I've attached the text output of cygcheck, with the hostname 
> asterisked for privacy.
> Regarding the functions stated as "missing" in the error message:
> 
> For vim, the file needed was _getreent (decoration retained)
> For tcsh, the file was _fstat64                      "
> 
> I'm also concerned about other programs that may not find what is needed 
> in installed DLL's despite a consistent download and install for the 
> DLL's and calling programs via setup.exe.  In the case above, both vim 
> and tcsh were the most up-to-date on the cygwin.com site.  Hopefully 
> this can be resolved without doing a rebuild of cygwin modules.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
>> From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
>> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>> To: H Q <thermalhorizon@hotmail.com>
>> CC: cygwin@cygwin.com
>> Subject: Re: missing exported function from cygwin1.dll
>> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:12:40 -0400 (EDT)
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, H Q wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I've looked through all the faqs and have searched the archives, but 
>> I can't
>> > find a resolution.  I downloaded cygwin 1.3.22-1 along with several 
>> other
>> > binaries from the cygwin site using setup.exe.  I have the current 
>> versions
>> > of everything.  Vim and tcsh would not work, with an error 
>> indicating that
>> > the executable file is linked to a missing cygwin1.dll exported 
>> function.
>> > Cygwin1.dll is where it is supposed to be, so I don't think it's a 
>> problem
>> > with vim or tcsh not being able to point to the library.
>> >
>> > Otherwise cygwin runs fine, including BASH commands as well as 
>> utilities
>> > such as ed and awk.
>> >
>> > I've uninstalled, re-downloaded, and re-installed cygwin 1.3.22-1; 
>> no dice.
>> >
>> > The /etc/profile file has the appropriate path defined, /bin, /usr/bin,
>> > /usr/local/bin.  Cygwin1.dll is in /bin where / is the root cygwin
>> > directory.
>> >
>> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
>> > Thanks
>>
>> Hmm, exactly which missing function does the error mention?  Also, it's
>> usually a good idea, when reporting Cygwin problems, to attach the output
>> of "cygcheck -svr", as indicated in <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.


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