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Barry Gold wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Barry Gold wrote:
>>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> Commands which exit silently are usually caused by missing DLLs.
>>>> "cygcheck /bin/ls.exe" would tell you which DLL was missing and you 
>>>> could
>>>> install the missing packages.
>>>>   
>>>
>>> I tried that.  But cygcheck doesn't work either, for the same reason.
>>
>> 'cygcheck' is a Win32 app which doesn't rely on 'cygwin1.dll' or any of
>> Cygwin's added features.  If it won't work, then something in your system
>> is inhibiting it.  Perhaps you have <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA>?
>>
> One more thing, I notice that the re-install is hung up on 
> /etc/postinstall/00ash.sh (and before that, it spent a long time on 
> 00bash.sh, unless I misread it).

That gain suggests BLODA.  And 00ash.sh should come before 00bash.sh.


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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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