Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/03/05/21:22:50
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:09:42PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Brian Mathis wrote:
>>> I've been running into problems with rsync and "too long" filenames.
>>> I've done the searching and know that it's an issue with the cygwin
>>> library not using the unicode system calls. Is there a timetable for
>>> when this will be changed? I know it's a pain, but so is not being
>>> able to use a lot of the great tools cygwin provides because of this
>>> problem. Anyway, just wanted to ask and also add my vote for support
>>> for this. Thanks.
>>
>> It is one of the many enhancements in the forthcoming 1.7 series. And
>> it seems it is also an excruciatingly large task. There is no
>> timetable for 1.7 as a result. But many hands make light work. If you
>> and others you know have hands to lend, I know Corinna has a list of
>> tasks that can use them.
>
> Actually, I don't want to speak for Corinna, but it seems like she is
> agonizingly close to getting this done. I would predict that there
> would be something to test in the next week or so.
Well, if she is close, I want to thank her for here efforts. And if she
is not close, I want to thank her for her efforts. :-)
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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