> ---------- > From: Ronald > Landheer-Cieslak[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 6. avgust 2003 17:54 > To: David Balazic > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Less fails with link error > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 05:20:55PM +0200, David Balazic wrote: > > If I try to run less from bash, I get a dialog saying : > > > > less.exe - Entry Point Not Found > > > > The procedure entry point __getreent could not be located in the dynamic > > link library cygwin1.dll. > <WAG> > Looks like a version mismatch between Cygwin and less.. did you install > with > Setup and did you *not* use the experimental version of less with the > current > version of Cygwin? > </WAG> I just selected the latest version of less ( by clicking on its name to cycle versions ). There was no warning that it is incompatible with the cygwin version.
> hmm.. I vaguely remember seeing a cygcheck output here somewhere.. > > Yup - your cygcheck output says you're using bersion 381-1 of less - if > that > is right, you have a cygwin-version mismatch: less 381-1 is for cygwin > 1.5.x > which is not compatible with cygwin-1.3.x. Re-fetch less with Setup and > try > again. > > > [OK] > > > > > > I would give you the "less" version number , but "rpm -q less" gives : > > > > $ rpm -qa > > error: db4 error(13) from dbenv->open: Permission denied > > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13) > > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > > no packages > Setup != rpm > Cygwin != Linux > > You used Setup to install, didn't you? yes. > Use cygcheck to get the version of less, then :) > I llearned something new. rpm would catch the incompatibility though :-) > HTH > > rlc > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
