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problem with long filenames in cygwin packages in setup.exe
- To: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: problem with long filenames in cygwin packages in setup.exe
- From: "James.Ganong" <ganong at darwin dot UCSC dot EDU>
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:15:40 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: ganong at darwin dot UCSC dot EDU
i have been experimenting with making my own packages, and
using the setup.exe from the cygwin web page. when my package's tar
file has a file in it with a pathname longer than 100 characters,
i get error messages. These error messages come from setup/tar.cc
and setup/mkdir.cc. I know since 100 characters is the limit of
old fashioned filenames in tar (pre-gnu long filenames) i am guessing
there is something wrong with setup's tar functions.
i tried to build the winsup from cvs to see i could fix this myself
but the setup.exe that i built crashes just after putting up a dialog
box that begins with "downloading".
thanks
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