From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12056 invoked by alias); 14 May 2002 13:16:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 12005 invoked from network); 14 May 2002 13:16:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO concord-gw.concord.ru) (217.198.161.1) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 14 May 2002 13:16:37 -0000 Received: from PCICT2 (pcict2.rijnh.nl [192.42.126.222]) by concord-gw.concord.ru (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4EDGaf63735 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 17:16:36 +0400 (MSD) From: "Sander Timmermans" To: "Cygwin" Subject: new 2.218.2.6 setup also freezes Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 06:53:00 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 In-Reply-To: X-SW-Source: 2002-05/txt/msg00812.txt.bz2 WIN2000 SP2 after reading the package directory from ftp it leaves only the window with: "This space intentionally left blank". 100% CPU 100% disappointment :( Sander > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf > Of Robert Collins > Sent: 14 May 2002 14:58 > To: Kilroy, David; Cygwin > Subject: RE: setup.exe local install with 2.218.2.4 fails, > 2.78.2.15works > > > There is a newer version available ... .6 that has such a fix in it > already. > > Rob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kilroy, David [mailto:david.kilroy@detroitdiesel.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:51 PM > > To: Cygwin > > Subject: RE: setup.exe local install with 2.218.2.4 fails, > > 2.78.2.15works > > > > > > > It seems that all of these bug reports are on Win2K and XP Pro. > > > Has anyone successfully tested the recent setup.exe releases > > > (since the MD5 updates) on either of these platforms? > > > > I can confirm that setup 2.218.2.4 works on my Win2k SP2 box. > > Both install from internet and install from local directory. > > > > I did get the stack and parse errors in previous md5 setup snapshots. > > > > In 2.218.2.4 you will also see a crash if you have a file in > > the local cache directory with a 10 letter filename _and_ the > > string 'setup.ini' in the full path/filename (Unfortunate if > > you edit setup.ini with emacs). This may or may not have been > > fixed in .5 and .6; if it hasn't, see description below. > > > > > > Dave. > > > > > > > > line nos from 2.218.2.4 src posted to setup_snapshots. > > ini.cc: find_routine > > > > line 68: > > if (!strstr (path, "setup.ini")) > > return; > > > > ... > > > > line 85: > > /* Attempt to unescape the string */ > > path[strlen(path) -10] = '\0'; > > String mirror = rfc1738_unescape_part (path); > > > > tries to put null terminator at the last separator. > > > > If at this point you are at the root of the cache, and you > > are looking at setup.ini, the byte _before_ path is touched > > (which may affect further recursion of directories, see > > find.cc). The file is then parsed. Packages added to the > > mirror 'setup.ini. > > > > If we are looking at setup.ini in a cached mirror directory, > > everything works fine. > > > > If strlen(path) is 10 at this point (as with the file > > setup.ini~) the null is placed at the first char of path, > > causing the rfc1738 code to segfault (passing it a null string). > > > > We attempt to process other files that match and do not cause > > this fault. If it is indeed a setup backup, the package > > entries are added to the database under a bad? mirror name > > (hence files will not be found if that package is selected?). > > > > Possible fix off the top of my head (which matches files _only_ called > > setup.ini): > > > > line 68: > > if(!strcmp(path + strlen(path)- 9, "setup.ini")) > > > > > > -- > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/