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Re: cygpath compatiblity break (v2.1 -> v2.7)


On 13. 4. 2017 16:24, David Macek wrote:
> On 13. 4. 2017 14:34, Chevallier Yves wrote:
>> I get a very different behaviour with `cygpath` after I upgrade my version of Cygwin. Why? and how can I fix it?
>>
>> With Cygwin 2.7:
>>
>> ```
>> $ uname -a
>> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW CPT 2.7.0(0.306/5/3) 2017-02-12 13:13 i686 Cygwin
>> $ cygpath --version
>> cygpath (cygwin) 2.7.0
>>
>> $ cd  /
>> $ touch foo.exe
>> $ cygpath -m foo
>> foo.exe
>>
>> $ cd
>> $ touch foo.exe
>> $ cygpath -m foo
>> foo
>> ```
> 
> I can't reproduce this. I see both as `foo` on Cygwin (and both as `foo.exe` on MSYS2). Can you post the output of your `mount`, also `ls foo*` from both directories?

My mistake, I was using Cygwin v2.5.x. I updated to v2.8.0 and now I see both as `foo.exe`.

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David Macek

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