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Re: setup.exe fails


On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, a12 wrote:

> Hello Cygwin gurus,
>
> I have just fetched all Cygwin updates to a local directory, and started
> setup.exe to install them.
> setup.exe fails with following error:
> uname.exe - Cannot find start address
> Cannot find procedure start address -impure_ptr in DLL file cygwin1.dll
> [snip similar messages from cygpath, echo, touch, cp, and install-info]
> What have I missed?

In addition to what Brian recommended, check that you've stopped all
services and exited all Cygwin processes before updating the Cygwin
package.  Otherwise there's a possible conflict with a copy of the cygwin
DLL in memory.
	Igor
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