From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pg1-x52a.google.com (mail-pg1-x52a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::52a]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6567A3851C2E for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:51:42 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 6567A3851C2E Received: by mail-pg1-x52a.google.com with SMTP id 5so805462pgf.5 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:51:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=ZngTjeG419KQ3kASW+PVOqbOf87ns6iBtXKasXE/H0M=; b=q5AciP9LCNol/prgUWPGXlLsZZcOIhYBW57Qjl2BBXICJURbx6fXCUCOWoEIKcBPP9 SXmRgGpJ5Ou1WV0PY54czX6Tf9bh5CK8ISeq3vKliUpO4fq+TZSR8NPTCs8Ep56IyJPd yQ1x8vuEsAt2lgwYGmeOANS7iAISesOZJ7JqiyHdtHORZciMurKKFyhtTz/hl396qSh5 gcPsY1q1aIFSHK7YqyQJGQTjbz/tsK4YWu+pFdAp+TXqpLwU3yAXWmSHy2ou2gbNDtoQ 26BnyKiGLy3uiJuUVw3QtbN62dFI3OhDM4EotNQJl1vOHcyv3Z6Z8dYCbtLd+0FBn8VA AZFg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530dkpgmYTwbYT1Fc6QjRi0l2SRBZRVnC0fW7iyV8RAXVnX4nYcB poesDcuXYIN6gkA+LENr2pbkgd99rveIhSi8FSI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyV0GJmfdRV3lZpz1EkF0Qy+L4U7cGWzedUvcWgMseqGo3z0F2iz5ZEzP5cIzcGTKB9I25C8NQ/RkbLnXL1c3w= X-Received: by 2002:a65:580c:: with SMTP id g12mr1061195pgr.257.1601297501460; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:51:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Stephen John Smoogen Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:51:30 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer To: Alice Bilton Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP 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 12:51:44 -0000 On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 08:45, Alice Bilton via Cygwin wrote: > Hello, > > I am a Sheffield University student trying to install MASS software. > However, during the process I have received the following message a numbe= r > of times: > > 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. > WARNING: Couldn=E2=80=99t compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this pr= oblem to > the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com > > I=E2=80=99m not sure what this means. Am I unable to download the softwar= e, or is > there something that I can do to help it? I left the initial instal windo= w > 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 > > Can you help? > > 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 Stephen J Smoogen.