run-time problems with cygwin-1.5.24-2

[Reini Urban]

Todd Brunhoff schrieb:
> Problem: after installing cygwin-1.5.24-2, most things work but I've 
> noticed a few things that don't work: perl and subversion (svn). 
> Specifically, the programs do absolutely nothing... command line 
> arguments are ignored, there is no output, and the commands appear to do 
> nothing. There are no error messages, no entries in the event log, etc.
> 
> Detailed background:
> I have used a cygwin for about 8-9 years for bridge development between 
> linux and windows. I currently run 1.5.14 and have used it consistently 
> for a year or more. I loaded 1.5.24-2 from three different sites, all 
> with the same result, the latest being mirrors.xmission.com. In an 
> effort to identify the installation problem, I simplified the 
> installation to: default install for everything, then force install for 
> development, system and vim. The installation runs fine, completes, and 
> bash and my .bashrc and vim and a variety of things work. Perl does 
> nothing and svn does nothing.
> 
> In an effort to see what the problem might be, I focussed on perl 
> (although interesting, this info may not be helpful):
> - I loaded source for perl 5.8.8, ran Configure, but the compile fails 
> because of conflicting vsprintf declarations.

If you follow the directions of the README and download the src package 
you would be able to build your perl.
A Policy file helps and the correct Configure line is required.

> - I loaded source for perl 5.6.2, ran Configure, with a few less errors, 
> but still failure in the compile. I fixed the compile by modifying 
> config.h (to say that I had vsprintf, which indeed the environment 
> does), and the compile works, but the make fails later with an 
> unsupported call to opendir.
> - I switched back to cygwin 1.5.14, and for grins, tried the build for 
> both perl 5.8.8 and 5.6.2... both worked fine.
> 
> Perhaps the cygwin dll is in transition... Please help.

An error report would be nice. See http://cygwin.com/problems.html
"Run cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out and include that file as an 
attachment in your report. Please do not compress or otherwise encode 
the output. Just attach it as a straight text file so that it can be 
easily viewed."

Running cygcheck /bin/perl usually finds the culprit.

I had this symptom "perl doing nothing" with an empty PATH. Or /bin not 
in the PATH.
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