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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:43:05 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Error: procedure entry point _getreent could not be located...
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Please keep replies on the list.  If you had, your question would probably
already have been answered.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Ravi Malghan wrote:

> Brian: thanks for the response. How do I update the
> dll? Is this something which is available on the
> cygwin website I can replace my file with?
>
The same way you got lynx and updated perl.  Just choose the "cygwin"
package under "Base" in Cygwin's setup program that you obtained from
the "download or update Cygwin now" link at http://www.cygwin.com.

> --- Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Ravi Malghan wrote:
> >
> > > Hi: I recently added lynx to existing cygwin
> > > installation. When installing Lynx, I noticed it
> > > installed a new version of perl. Now when I try to
> > run
> > > perl, I get the error:
> > > "procedure entry point _getreent could not be
> > located
> > > in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll"
> > >
> > > What do I have to do to resolve this.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > Ravi
> > >
> > You might try including cygcheck output as directed
> > in
> > http://cygwin.com/problems.html.
> >
> > My WAG, perl needs Cygwin 1.5.5 and you have 1.3.22
> > or older.  Did you
> > update the Cygwin DLL too?
> >

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Brian Ford
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