On Friday 08 November 2002 03:59 pm, Max Bowsher wrote: > Andrew Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just noticed that the binary compiled from patch-2.5-3-src.tar.bz2 > > simply crashed on startup. > > > > Here is what I did > > a) install cygwin-1.3.15-2 from scratch > > b) un-tar patch-2.5-3-src.tar.bz2 into /tmp > > c) cd /tmp/patch-2.5-3 > > d) ./configure > > e) make > > f) ./patch < /dev/null > > out of memorySegmentation fault (core dumped) > > (my trace indicate it died really early in main(); within the > > first few line) > > > > (Note that the binary compiled under cygwin-1.3.12 works fine) > > > > Anyone seeing the same problem? > > Nope. I just tried it out myself, and it seems to work fine. (No segfault > anyway) > Send the output of cygcheck -srv to the list (as an attachment). > Specifically, note that the 20021107-1 release of binutils is buggy. > > ATTN: Cygwin patch maintainer! > The patch source tarball (patch-2.5-3-src.tar.bz2) has a .bz2 extension but > is a *gzip* file! > > (And there is no CYGWIN-PATCHES or other recognized packaging scheme - but > given that patch hasn't been updated in ages, thats not too surprizing.)
I just purged the 1.3.15-2 image, re-download and re-install everything. This time it worked fine. (Something bad must have happended in the previous download/install) Sorry about the false alarm.. Andrew -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
