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Re: Error: procedure entry point rl_variable_value ; cygreadline6.dll
- From: Sarkar112 <sarkar112 at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:38:30 -0500
- Subject: Re: Error: procedure entry point rl_variable_value ; cygreadline6.dll
- Reply-to: sarkar112 at gmail dot com
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Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Sarkar112 on 11/18/2006 9:12 AM:
> >> And now, whenever I try to start bash, I get the following error:
> >> The procedure entry point rl_variable_value could not be located in the
> >> dynamic link library cygreadline6.dll
>
> Sounds like you had an instance of bash 3.0 running while you did the
> upgrade. Do you recall getting a message that you need to reboot?
>
> >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>
>
> Following those directions, and including the output of 'cygcheck -svr' as
> a text attachment, will help us diagnose your problem. But I suspect that
> it can be cleaned up by stopping ALL cygwin processes, rerunning
> setup.exe, and letting it select the packages that still need upgrading,
> including bash-3.2.5-6 and libreadline6-5.2-3.
>
> --
> Life is short - so eat dessert first!
>
> Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net <mailto:ebb9@byu.net>
Reinstalling libreadline6 has fixed the issue. I've searched google for
this problem with no luck, a few minutes ago, so this may be of help to
others.
Thanks,
sarkar112
PS: Eric Blake, sorry for any duplicate emails sent directly to you.
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