From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr1-x42f.google.com (mail-wr1-x42f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42f]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C26E2388A029 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:55:55 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org C26E2388A029 Received: by mail-wr1-x42f.google.com with SMTP id z4so1232599wrr.4 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:55:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:message-id:mime-version:subject:date :in-reply-to:cc:to:references; bh=gJVzZa6Wr3wWBG4EhVOvV1o3n53X8LpA3mRQa3JLK1Y=; b=bPVgybJzbR7pH4kHtfg0FqvIvWS/YUmmaeh15x5Yh9SNGbieKJunumfkXnha6gFoTP Ky13PavyoHH7b0w86Ijna4LF8vsW6WXMjS6PtTPr361Jg2sq31i0vT56uukQAThJQT4s lQkhyXLdTsPRmyDgYklIerjgNXTd+AzNUM077tuu/S1yOfHYkQuKSDa9RsVlltNkXYAm /sN/pyXD0ZgfDklsG70p3w8dRHvXnq38jhJDDGjLK3TxiO2Blu/8MFNx1LC75oQHz+ME LCOKx1XUFov70y63yUrKtSREJrySa1LmETDN90ebclTyWLuKo9rvzKRuAO7ROVLGK65q 4tOw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530rX5Vjlzt/e4JhoQEUNYITnqfVp9GCfnO89t5L4KSXsZ0m+s58 wtcr2+3xnDetJy/TH1pKrFq+sseBogXj4B2jVtTKyiJhziJEpZywxw2n2tZAgILBz3DZ9XRHP9w aFGkvj3RKse99RQqqtXfv5rjLQPJEC9Ib8+0zRo4/R7Ef7KZ8HceVhNpzGXAYFzJiTVg9QHq9 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw4bBsWt0XkNr19MdTuC7uzD06CG1t6iJtYaPKIDKlLceNQY5TOJve1BSzZ4QapHE7lDPmVtg== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4811:: with SMTP id l17mr1661702wrq.252.1601297754877; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:55:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2a02:c7f:9c75:c200:787e:7df2:90d:81f7? ([2a02:c7f:9c75:c200:787e:7df2:90d:81f7]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w7sm1109509wmc.43.2020.09.28.05.55.54 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:55:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Alice Bilton Message-Id: <8082EECC-7ADE-4674-A491-18B13FFA489C@sheffield.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.0 \(3601.0.10\)) Subject: Re: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:55:53 +0100 In-Reply-To: Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com To: Stephen John Smoogen References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3601.0.10) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_MED, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:55:57 -0000 Hi Stephen, Thank you for getting back to me so quickly!. Do you mean that my = professor needs to find a newer version of Cygwin or Mass, for it to = work? Thank you! Alice > On 28 Sep 2020, at 13:51, Stephen John Smoogen = wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 08:45, Alice Bilton via Cygwin = > wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I am a Sheffield University student trying to install MASS software. = However, during the process I have received the following message a = number of times: >=20 >=20 > The problem is that the MASS software is meant for an older version of = Cygwin which has not been shipped in 10 years. The error is misleading = and from when Cygwin was a commercial product. The professor who = assigned this software will need to find a newer version for students. >=20 > =20 > WARNING: Couldn=E2=80=99t compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this = problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com = > >=20 > I=E2=80=99m not sure what this means. Am I unable to download the = software, or is there something that I can do to help it? I left the = initial instal window open and is seems to have continued with some of = the installation process - I am now able to access the MASS DEMO, but = upon opening the cygwin batch file, I get the following message: > 2 [main] bash 6936 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn=E2=80=99t compute = FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list = cygwin@cygwin.com > >=20 > Can you help? >=20 > Thanks > Alice > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html = > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ = > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html = > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple = >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Stephen J Smoogen. >=20