curl (7.27.0-1), even curl --version, does not work

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 9/4/2012 9:50 AM, Regid Ichira wrote:
> Please cc your replies to the address this message is sent from.
> I am Regid, using another address.
> Continuing http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-09/msg00020.html
>
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 12:54:45 +0200, Csaba Raduly wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Regid Ichira  wrote:
>>> In reference to http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-09/msg00015.html
>>> On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:36:27 -0500, Yaakov wrote
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 2012-09-02 at 13:50 -0700, Regid Ichira wrote:
>>>>> curl --version is supposed to only print version information.
>>>>> $ curl.exe --version
>>>>> $ printf "$?\n"
>>>>> 127
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to strace it.
>>>>> $ strace.exe /usr/bin/curl.exe -V
>>>>>
>>>>> There was a popup window.  Its translated message was:
>>>>> curl.exe - system error
>>>>> {no entry point found} could not locate the entry point memrchr of
>>>>> the process in the dynamic linked library cygwin1.dll
>>>>
>>>> Then you don't have the latest version (1.7.16-1) of the 'cygwin'
>>>> package.
>>>
>>>    I do have it:
>>> $ cygcheck -c cygwin
>>> Cygwin Package Information
>>> Package              Version        Status
>>> cygwin               1.7.16-1       OK
>>>

True but...

>      Cygwin DLL version info:
>          DLL version: 1.7.14
>          DLL epoch: 19
>          DLL old termios: 5
>          DLL malloc env: 28
>          Cygwin conv: 181
>          API major: 0
>          API minor: 260
>          Shared data: 5
>          DLL identifier: cygwin1
>          Mount registry: 3
>          Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
>          Program options name: Program Options
>          Installations name: Installations
>          Cygdrive default prefix:
>          Build date:
>          Shared id: cygwin1S5

... you're not running it.  Apparently, you've installed the new package
while other Cygwin programs were running (like your services) so it
couldn't replace the in-use old version.  Do a reboot.

-- 
Larry

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