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Re: question (latest "stable" dll?) + bugs: vim, bash, gcc, cp, f ind, less, zip, ls
- To: WTerryLincoln@engineer.com
- Subject: Re: question (latest "stable" dll?) + bugs: vim, bash, gcc, cp, f ind, less, zip, ls
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:37:28 -0400
- Cc: "'itz@lbin.com'" <itz@lbin.com>, "'pedwards@jaj.com'" <pedwards@jaj.com>, "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>, "'John.Wiersba@medstat.com'" <John.Wiersba@medstat.com>
- References: <B3953869CBF8D211A1E50004AC4C1B5408075C@ultimate2.ultimate.com>
On Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 02:55:41PM -0400, Lincoln, W. Terry wrote:
>> From: itz@lbin.com [mailto:itz@lbin.com]
>> But both these problems are symptoms of a bug in the path translation
>> layer that was only addressed on March 28. A simpler way to
>> demonstrate the problem is just to create a mount point and try to
>> access a file below it with a relative path. A real killer bug IMHO
>> but MHO doesn't count :-)
>
>I am afraid I too agree that this is pretty much a utility killer of a bug.
>Perhaps this will someday be addressed and a real solution will be put
>forth. This BUG has crippled many of my out-of-box porting attempts. :-(
Did you read the part that said "was... addressed on March 28"? What kind
of "real solution" were you looking for besides a change to the DLL which
fixes the problem?
Incidentally, this terrible, unbelievably crippling bug has been in cygwin
pretty much since the beginning.
Also, I could be wrong, but I believe that this is also solved by creating
the appropriate directories in your root, as is suggested when you use the
mount program.
cgf
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- RE: question (latest "stable" dll?) + bugs: vim, bash, gcc, cp, find, less, zip, ls
- From: "Lincoln, W. Terry" <terryl@ultimatetechnology.com>
- RE: question (latest "stable" dll?) + bugs: vim, bash, gcc, cp, find, less, zip, ls
- From: "Lincoln, W. Terry" <terryl@ultimatetechnology.com>