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Re: cygcheck -c gives an Application Error
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
... snip ...
> > >
> > > If you just want to see the list of packages, "cygcheck -cd" should work
> > > fine. It looks like cygcheck dies when trying to process compressed setup
> > > package listings, so I'd guess you have a corrupted package database.
> > > Try "cd /etc/setup && gunzip -t *.lst.gz" to verify all the listing files.
> >
> > I've done the "Try" line above and there are no reported errors. Bear in
> > mind that the package list given by "cygcheck -s -r -v" is complete and
> > doesn't cause a segfault.
>
> Yes, but "cygcheck -srv" does not check the integrity of each package,
> only "cygcheck -c" does that. I'm surprised none of the listing files
> were corrupted.
>
> > > "cygcheck -cv" should produce a slightly more comprehensive results (it
> > > will probably also tell you which package it's processing when
> > > the crash happens).
> >
> > I am afraid it still segfaults and the last report output was for
> > texinfo. No additional information was output.
>
> What are the last few (say, 10) lines of the output?
>
sed 4.0.7-3 OK
sh-utils 2.0.15-4 OK
sharutils 4.2.1-3 OK
shutdown 1.4-1 OK
splint 3.1.1-1 OK
squid 2.4.STABLE7-1 OK
ssmtp 2.38.7-4 OK
tar 1.13.25-3 OK
tcltk 20030901-1 OK
tcsh 6.12.00-7 OK
termcap 20021106-2 OK
terminfo 5.3_20030726-1 OK
texinfo 4.2-4 OK
Nothing else.
> > > If I were you, I'd also look into the following:
> > >
> > > binutils 20030901-1 Incomplete
> > > cygwin 1.5.5-1 Incomplete
> > > shellutils 0.0 Incomplete [*]
> >
> > Have done - reinstalled and cleared the Incomplete reports.
>
> But you still get a segfault? Strange. Since the texinfo check completes
> with no problems[*], I'd suspect the "textutils" listing (the next package
> you have installed). Please try "zcat /etc/setup/textutils.lst.gz" and
> examine the output.
No problems encountered.
> Also, does "cygcheck -cv textutils" crash?
Yes it does.
> How about
> "cygcheck -cv tidy"? If the latter doesn't, then "textutils" is most
> likely the culprit.
> Igor
> [*] You could verify that by running "cygcheck -c texinfo".
$ cygcheck -c texinfo
Cygwin Package Information
Package Version Status
texinfo 4.2-4 OK
No crash.
It's definitely our friend textutils. Examining the output from the zcat
piped through less shows that second and subsequent lines begin "^@",
which is the likely cause of the problem. Removing the nulls allows
"cygcheck -cv" to succeed.
Thank you very much for your help in locating the source of the problem.
Cheers
Don Sharp
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