From: Douglas Coup <dcoup@obj-sys.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: rm -f behavior
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:52:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <535ABCDD.5020002@obj-sys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140425191604.GA18226@calimero.vinschen.de>
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On 4/25/2014 3:16 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Apr 25 14:11, Douglas Coup wrote:
>> On 4/25/2014 11:47 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Apr 25 11:30, Douglas Coup wrote:
>>>> I downloaded the x86/cygwin-inst-20140425.tar.xz file. I assume all
>>>> I need to do is run tar xvf against this file? From the output it
>>>> certainly looked like it installed the files.
>>> No. Just download the DLL and only install the DLL in place of the old
>>> DLL. Installing the tar inst file under Cygwin doesn't effectively
>>> replace the Cygwin DLL. You should exit all(!) Cygwin processes, mopve
>>> the release DLL out of the way, and move the new DLL in place.
>> Good shooting, Corinna. The problem has gone away with the new DLL.
> Good to know. Can you please try something else? I'm wondering if
> that's not a problem analogue of the one described in
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948252.
>
> The "fix" from that KB applied to your case:
>
> - Revert to the release Cygwin DLL.
>
> - Delete the .blf files and the .regtrans-ms files from your
> %Windir%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine folder.
>
> - Try the failing rm -f scenario again.
>
> Does that fix the problem, too? If not, I'm back to blaming Perforce.
I tried these steps, but the rm -f command still fails with the original
cygwin1.dll in place.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Corinna
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-25 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-23 20:43 Douglas Coup
2014-04-24 14:23 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-04-24 15:35 ` Douglas Coup
2014-04-24 16:36 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-04-24 16:45 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-04-24 17:10 ` Douglas Coup
2014-04-25 12:16 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-04-25 14:23 ` Douglas Coup
2014-04-25 14:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-04-25 15:30 ` Douglas Coup
2014-04-25 15:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-04-25 15:57 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-04-25 18:12 ` Douglas Coup
2014-04-25 19:16 ` Corinna Vinschen
2014-04-25 19:52 ` Douglas Coup [this message]
2014-04-25 19:59 ` Corinna Vinschen
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