run-time problems with cygwin-1.5.24-2

[Todd Brunhoff]

Problem: after installing cygwin-1.5.24-2, most things work but I've 
noticed a few things that don't work: perl and subversion (svn). 
Specifically, the programs do absolutely nothing... command line 
arguments are ignored, there is no output, and the commands appear to do 
nothing. There are no error messages, no entries in the event log, etc.

Detailed background:
I have used a cygwin for about 8-9 years for bridge development between 
linux and windows. I currently run 1.5.14 and have used it consistently 
for a year or more. I loaded 1.5.24-2 from three different sites, all 
with the same result, the latest being mirrors.xmission.com. In an 
effort to identify the installation problem, I simplified the 
installation to: default install for everything, then force install for 
development, system and vim. The installation runs fine, completes, and 
bash and my .bashrc and vim and a variety of things work. Perl does 
nothing and svn does nothing.

In an effort to see what the problem might be, I focussed on perl 
(although interesting, this info may not be helpful):
 - I loaded source for perl 5.8.8, ran Configure, but the compile fails 
because of conflicting vsprintf declarations.
 - I loaded source for perl 5.6.2, ran Configure, with a few less 
errors, but still failure in the compile. I fixed the compile by 
modifying config.h (to say that I had vsprintf, which indeed the 
environment does), and the compile works, but the make fails later with 
an unsupported call to opendir.
 - I switched back to cygwin 1.5.14, and for grins, tried the build for 
both perl 5.8.8 and 5.6.2... both worked fine.

Perhaps the cygwin dll is in transition... Please help.

Todd

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