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From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit.haase@t-online.de>
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To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 23:33:58 +0100
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Subject: Re: rmp core dumps
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<3 Dec 2000, 12:19 Uhr wars, als Andreas Klemm folgendes schrub:>
< rmp core dumps >

> Did a rpm --initdb

That is correct.
 
> Now after trying to install the forst package, rpm complains
> about the following and core dumps:

I got a lot of core dumps always, when my cygwin-installation is corrupted.
i uninstall most of it and reinstall all new, then it is o.k in most cases.
 
> andreas@AKLEMM ~
> $ rpm -i /dos/software/cygwin/mktemp-1.5-1.i386-cygwin.rpm
> failed to open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
> assertion "fd && fd->magic == FDMAGIC" failed: file "rpmio.c", line 428
>       0 [sig] rpm 792 stackdump: Dumping stack trace to rpm.exe.stackdump
> Aborted (core dumped)
> 

It depends on what your os is, these rpm-packages are os-specific, there are 
hints on the side, i have to install with the option ignoreos, because i got 
WindowsNT, with only -i, you should have Win2000.

Ciao,

gph

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Gerrit Peter Haase

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