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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:29:55 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygwin choking about _impure_ptr
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On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 12:53:41PM +0100, Thomas Wolff wrote:
>After my recent upgrade from cygwin 1.5.11 to 1.5.12, I often get 
>a Windows pop-up error message:
>> The procedure entry point _impure_ptr could not be located in the 
>> dynamic link library cygwin1.dll.
>I tried reinstalling a previous version, updating again, the message 
>remains.
>Fortunately, in most cases, the programs still run. Once, however, 
>gcc would not run anymore and compiled programs didn't run either 
>after this error.

The only thing that would cause this is if you have two versions of
the DLL on  your system.  _impure_ptr *is* exported in cygwin 1.5.12.

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