X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <47EBF072.3000309@cygwin.com> <47EBF5F6.7030609@cygwin.com> Subject: RE: File name length Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:41:41 -0000 Message-ID: <048601c89042$94836720$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <47EBF5F6.7030609@cygwin.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com cygwin-owner@cygwin.com wrote on 27 March 2008 19:31: > Troy Bull wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > > Troy Bull wrote: > > > > Greetings > > > > > > > > Over the last few days I have ran into the error where a filename > > > is > too long for cygwin. I know this has been discussed does > > > anyone have > a timeline for when this might get changed? > > > > > > It will be changed for the 1.7.x series. You can experiment with the > > > snapshots if you like. There are no > > > firm timeline for the release yet. > > > > > > > this looks interesting and I am glad to give it a try. That being > > said, how do i use it, just replace my current cygwin1.dll with the > > one I download from this snapshot page? > > Yes, if you just want to use it. If you want to build things against > this, then you need the larger set of files. Make sure you've stopped > all Cygwin apps (including services) before doing the replace. IIRC there's a FAQ entry on this. Hang on, I'll look it up. Ah, here we are: http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.snapshots cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/