Entry point not found issues with cygwin DLLs

[Brian Inglis]

On 2018-07-02 13:35, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 7/2/2018 3:08 PM, Heavenly Avenger wrote:
>> I'm having hard times with cygwin here, random libraries stop working once I
>> update or install new ones.
> This can happen if you update a package without updating its dependencies.  For
> example, the dependency might have introduced a new API.
>> If I run ssh with 'strace' ('strace ssh'), it pops up a windows dialog saying:
>> 'the procedure entry point __memcpy_chk could not be located
> It is in cygwin1.dll as of cygwin-2.10; see
> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ov-new.html.
>> cygwin's dll is: cygwin1.dll file version: 2008.0.0.0, version: 2.8.0.
> You need to update the cygwin package.  For best results, you should update all
> of your installed packages to their current versions.  (If you're running setup
> with the --packages option to update or install certain packages, then it's a
> good idea to also use the --upgrade-also option.)
Also ensure no processes using Cygwin are running, before starting a freshly
downloaded https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe, and wait until setup has
finished all processing and exited, before using any Cygwin programs:
otherwise autorebase and other postprocessing may not work properly.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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