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Re: base-files-mketc.sh
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:37:49 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: base-files-mketc.sh
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:00:47AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Paul Johnston wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> > Cygpath is part of the cygwin package. I'm running the current latest
> >> > 1.3.14-1, which was compiled on Wed, 23 Oct. It still has the bug.
> >> >
> >> > Perhaps this should be fixed first?
> >>
> >> Yes, I agree. The problem was something to do with it being linked against
> >> the wrong version of a library. I think that Igor Pechtchanski,
> >> pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu knows the full details.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> >Well, the "full" details are that I've re-linked cygpath from source and
> >it worked. I don't know what it is with the build process employed by cgf
> >that breaks cygpath...
>
> Maybe someone will be kind enough to tell me what this is in reference to.
> I've just downloaded the last few days of discussion which have the word
> "cygpath" in it and I don't see anything obvious. Apparently there was
> a discussion where John Morrison expressed reservations about the
> current broken behavior but all I see is the opinion that it should be
> fixed with no discussion about what "it" is.
>
> Please send the URL which discusses the problem to cygwin-apps.
>
> Thanks.
> cgf
The -l option in the cygpath distributed with the cygwin package prints
out garbage. The same cygpath compiled anew works. The problem is
described (among other places) here:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-09/msg00749.html
Igor
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