cygwin1.dll: uname_x not found

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Sep  8 21:21, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Sep  8 11:28, L A Walsh wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 9/8/2020 12:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > On Sep  7 14:34, L A Walsh wrote:
> > >>> I uploaded new snapshots for testing to https://cygwin.com/snapshots/
> > >>>
> > >>> Please give them a try.
> > >> ---
> > >> Got:
> > >>
> > >> "The procedure entry point uname_x could not be located in the dynamic
> > >> link library cygwin1.dll"
> > > 
> > > uname_x is exported just fine.  You're doing something wrong.
> > > 
> > > Corinna
> > ---
> > I stopped all cygwin processes.  Using cmd.exe, I renamed cygwin1.dll
> > to cygwin1.dll-.  I 'copy'd the new dll in place and tried to run something.
> > 
> > What step did I miss?
> > 
> > Sorry, I know whatever I missed is obvious to you -- it always is obvious
> > to someone who knows the answer, but to those that don't know the answer,
> > it isn't at all obvious.  
> 
> No, it's not at all obvious to me what you did wrong.  Still, the
> snapshot DLL works fine for me and, apparently, Thomas had no problem
> either.

Btw., if the snapshot DLL doesn't export uname_x, then you're actually
using a very old DLL (pre 2.0 or so) accidentally.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer