_impure_ptr warning in install

[Alexander Gottwald]

george young wrote:

> [Xwin 6.8.1.0-1, Windows XP pro 5.1, experienced with linux X, not a windows or cygwin hacker]
>
> I just did a full uninstall of cygwin everything, using the setup program.
> Then I installed:
> [setup version 2.427, from mirror.mcs.anl.gov]
>
> base/          cygwin emu engine  1.5.12-1
> X11/           X-start-menu-icons 1.0.3-2
>                X-startup-scripts  1.0.10-2
>                xorg-x11-base      6.8.1.0-1
>
> net/           inetutils          1.3.2-28
>
> interpreters/  python
>
>
>
> During the install I several times got the message:
>
> "The procedure entry point _impure_ptr could not be located in cygwin1.dll"

something requires the new cygwin-1.5.12 which was apparently not updated at the
point where to postinstall scripts are running.

redoing the update should solve it.

bye
        ago

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