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RE: why w32api-1.2-1 is broken in setup 2.194.2.15
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "David Starks-Browning" <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>,<cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:55:32 +1100
- Subject: RE: why w32api-1.2-1 is broken in setup 2.194.2.15
Thanks David, that should help.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Starks-Browning [mailto:starksb@ebi.ac.uk]
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:41 AM
> To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> Subject: why w32api-1.2-1 is broken in setup 2.194.2.15
>
>
> I think I know why w32api-1.2-1 is broken in setup
> 2.194.2.15. That is, I don't know what bug to fix in setup,
> but I know what's unique about w32api-1.2-1.tar that is
> causing problems. The paths are of the form "./usr/lib/..."
> instead of "usr/lib/...". That extra "./" shouldn't matter
> but it causes the problem.
>
> Here is part of "tar jtvf w32api-1.2-1.tar.bz2":
>
> ...
> drwxr-xr-x BoydE/Administrators 0 2001-12-07 14:51:10 ./usr/lib/
> drwxr-xr-x BoydE/Administrators 0 2001-12-07 14:51:13
> ./usr/lib/w32api/
> -rw-r--r-- BoydE/Administrators 408608 2001-12-07 14:51:10
> ./usr/lib/w32api/libadvapi32.a
> -rw-r--r-- BoydE/Administrators 4254 2001-12-07 14:51:10
> ./usr/lib/w32api/libcap.a
> ...
>
> If it's re-packaged like this:
>
> ...
> drwxr-xr-x BoydE/Administrators 0 2001-12-07 14:51:10 usr/lib/
> drwxr-xr-x BoydE/Administrators 0 2001-12-07 14:51:13
> usr/lib/w32api/
> -rw-r--r-- BoydE/Administrators 408608 2001-12-07 14:51:10
> usr/lib/w32api/libadvapi32.a
> -rw-r--r-- BoydE/Administrators 4254 2001-12-07 14:51:10
> usr/lib/w32api/libcap.a
> ...
>
> (without the leading "./") then setup 2.194.2.15 installs it
> properly. At least, that does it for me.
>
> Perhaps someone (Earnie?) with quick access to
> cygwin/latest/w32api on sources.redhat.com could repack these
> archives in time for mirrors to get them tonight? I guess
> they should be 1.2-2?
>
> I'm in the process of downloading all cygwin packages to
> check for others with this packaging style. But someone with
> access to an existing mirror could do this more easily. I
> will probably fall asleep before my download finishes.
> Assuming I have enough disk space...
>
> Sweet dreams.
>
> David
>
>