gdbm 1.8.0-5 breaks cvs

[Reid Thompson]

you are correct & your suggestion fixed the error.
thanks,
reid

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> Reid,
>
> This looks like a cygcheck from the configuration that works (i.e., it
> shows gdbm-1.8.0-4 and libgdbm-1.8.0-5.  I have an inkling of what's 
> going
> on: you've probably reverted to gdbm-1.8.0-4 at some point, and then
> "upgraded" back to gdbm-1.8.0-5 (which doesn't contain cyggdbm.dll,
> because the files that were in gdbm-1.8.0-4 are now split between 3
> packages).  So, you ended up missing cyggdbm.dll.
>
> Try uninstalling gdbm-1.8.0-4, and then reinstalling all three of
> {gdbm-1.8.0-5, libgdbm-1.8.0-5, libgdbm-devel-1.8.0-5}.  This should make
> the necessary dlls available.
>
> If the above suggestion doesn't work, it might be a permission issue.  Do
> you try to run cvs from a service when you get this message?
>     Igor
>
> On Thu, 1 May 2003, Reid Thompson wrote:
>
>> done
>>
>> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>> >Reid,
>> >
>> >cyggdbm.dll should be in /bin (at least it is on my system).  Could 
>> it be
>> >a permission issue?  Please post the output of "ls -lAn /bin/*gdbm*" 
>> (and
>> >"cygcheck -svr" as an uncompressed text attachment, while you're at 
>> it).
>> >       Igor
>> >
>> >On Thu, 1 May 2003, Reid Thompson wrote:
>> >
>> >>I had not read the release notes, regardless, it does appear that I 
>> have
>> >>libgdbm 1.8.0-5...
>> >>
>> >>WS-XP-4960:/home/rthompso> ll /lib/*gdb*
>> >>-rwx------+   1 Reid.Tho Domain U    37568 Feb 19  2002 
>> /lib/libgdbm.a*
>> >>-rwx------+   1 Reid.Tho Domain U    47134 Feb 19  2002 
>> /lib/libgdbm.dll.a*
>> >>
>> >>reid
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>-----Original Message-----
>> >>>From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu]
>> >>>Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 10:37 AM
>> >>>To: Reid Thompson
>> >>>Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
>> >>>Subject: Re: gdbm 1.8.0-5 breaks cvs
>> >>>
>> >>>On Thu, 1 May 2003, Reid Thompson wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>attempts to use cvs with 1.8.0-5 of gdbm result in error msg stating
>> >>>>that cyggdbm.dll was not found. reverting to gdbm 1.8.0-4 resolves
>> >>>>the error message.  Anyone else having this problem? or have I
>> >>>>managed to foul my installation in some way...
>> >>>>
>> >>>>thanks,
>> >>>>reid
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>Reid,
>> >>>
>> >>>You did read the release notes
>> >>>(<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2003-03/msg00033.html>),
>> >>>didn't you?  You now have to install at least two packages: gdbm and
>> >>>libgdbm.  You're likely missing libgdbm.
>> >>        Igor
>
>


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