There is a newer version available ... .6 that has such a fix in it already.
Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Kilroy, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:51 PM > To: Cygwin > Subject: RE: setup.exe local install with 2.218.2.4 fails, > 2.78.2.15works > > > > It seems that all of these bug reports are on Win2K and XP Pro. > > Has anyone successfully tested the recent setup.exe releases > > (since the MD5 updates) on either of these platforms? > > I can confirm that setup 2.218.2.4 works on my Win2k SP2 box. > Both install from internet and install from local directory. > > I did get the stack and parse errors in previous md5 setup snapshots. > > In 2.218.2.4 you will also see a crash if you have a file in > the local cache directory with a 10 letter filename _and_ the > string 'setup.ini' in the full path/filename (Unfortunate if > you edit setup.ini with emacs). This may or may not have been > fixed in .5 and .6; if it hasn't, see description below. > > > Dave. > > > > line nos from 2.218.2.4 src posted to setup_snapshots. > ini.cc: find_routine > > line 68: > if (!strstr (path, "setup.ini")) > return; > > ... > > line 85: > /* Attempt to unescape the string */ > path[strlen(path) -10] = '\0'; > String mirror = rfc1738_unescape_part (path); > > tries to put null terminator at the last separator. > > If at this point you are at the root of the cache, and you > are looking at setup.ini, the byte _before_ path is touched > (which may affect further recursion of directories, see > find.cc). The file is then parsed. Packages added to the > mirror 'setup.ini. > > If we are looking at setup.ini in a cached mirror directory, > everything works fine. > > If strlen(path) is 10 at this point (as with the file > setup.ini~) the null is placed at the first char of path, > causing the rfc1738 code to segfault (passing it a null string). > > We attempt to process other files that match and do not cause > this fault. If it is indeed a setup backup, the package > entries are added to the database under a bad? mirror name > (hence files will not be found if that package is selected?). > > Possible fix off the top of my head (which matches files _only_ called > setup.ini): > > line 68: > if(!strcmp(path + strlen(path)- 9, "setup.ini")) > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
