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Re: [1.7] "C:\cygwin\bin\git.exe: *** fatal error - could not load shell32, Win32 error 487"
- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:12:02 -0400
- Subject: Re: [1.7] "C:\cygwin\bin\git.exe: *** fatal error - could not load shell32, Win32 error 487"
- References: <4AC4A2A4.1070403@dronecode.org.uk>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On 10/01/2009 08:37 AM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
I have a problem with git, which only seems to occur with the mesa
repository
(which is very large, which may be something to do with the problem). I am
able to work with all the other X.Org repositories without problems.
Here's a short script which demonstrates the problem for me:
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/mesa
# repository is large, this may take some time
cd mesa
git checkout -f -b local 811aa02c7a0f4804189a8978395f07d27fb726ec
touch blah
git add blah
git commit -m "blah"
git checkout -f master
fails with
2 [main] git 3624 C:\cygwin\bin\git.exe: *** fatal error - could not
load shell32, Win32 error 487
Hangup
# to repeat the failure
rm .git/index.lock
git checkout -f master
I had a brief look at the relevant part of the cygwin source but I'm
baffled as to how this could be happening. Suggestions on how to debug
this and/or confirmations that it can reproduced appreciated.
The two most common causes of this are:
1. <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA>
2. DLL load collisions.
(1) can be cured by removing the BLODA. (2) is typically cured with rebaseall.
Been there, done that?
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