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Re: [PATCH] 'rebase' uninitialised variable (was: Cygwin64: Rebase problems)


On Nov 30 06:32, David Stacey wrote:
> On 02/11/2013 11:06, David Stacey wrote:
> >I'm trying to reinstall 64-bit Cygwin, using a snapshot taken on
> >2013-10-24. The post-install step goes into an infinite loop
> >whilst running 'texlive-collection-basic.sh': perl is attempting
> >to load some modules (IO.dll, MD5.dll, Fcnt.dll, Cwd.dll), which
> >fail with rebase errors. The script waits five seconds before
> >trying (and failing) again; this repeats ad infinitum.
> 
> I am pleased to report that I have tracked down the cause of my
> rebase woes to an uninitialised variable in the 'rebase' package. A
> simple patch (attached) fixes the problem.

Patch applied, thank you *very* much for tracking this down.

> Jason Tishler: As rebase maintainer, if you agree with my diagnosis
> then please could you make new versions of 'rebase' containing the
> fix for both architectures. Thank you.

Jason, do you have time to do that?  Otherwise I can create new
packages as well (after bumping the version to 4.4.1).


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer                 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat

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