Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: From: "Lincoln, W. Terry" Reply-To: WTerryLincoln AT engineer DOT com To: "'itz AT lbin DOT com'" , "'pedwards AT jaj DOT com'" Cc: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" , "'John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com'" Subject: RE: question (latest "stable" dll?) + bugs: vim, bash, gcc, cp, f ind, less, zip, ls Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:55:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_000_01BEBCE0.D4D0DB8A" ------_=_NextPart_000_01BEBCE0.D4D0DB8A Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01BEBCE0.D4D0DB8A" ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEBCE0.D4D0DB8A Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > -----Original Message----- > From: itz AT lbin DOT com [mailto:itz AT lbin DOT com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:59 PM > To: pedwards AT jaj DOT com > Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com > Subject: Re: question (latest "stable" dll?) + bugs: vim, > bash, gcc, cp, > find, less, zip, ls > > > Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; > run by ezmlm > Precedence: bulk > Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 19:09:05 -0400 > From: Phil Edwards > > > I'll add/respond to the few that I've encountered. > > > 4) find is broken across mounts. find clearly can see the -- Snip -- > > I've had the same thing happen to me while trying to run updatedb. > Nothing ever got written to the temp file, by the way, so if you > were thinking of running locate/updatedb, don't. > > There's a workaround for updatedb: use the --netpaths option. For > instance, updatedb --netpaths=//d/. You'll probably need --netuser as > well. > > 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. :-( > > -- > Ian Zimmerman > Lightbinders, Inc. > 2325 3rd Street #324 > San Francisco, California 94107 > U.S.A. > W. Terry Lincoln \ \ _ / Senior Engineer \ \ |J| / Ultimate Technology Corporation \ __|E|__ a Tridex Company (NASDAQ:trdx) \ |__ S __| mailto:WTerryLincoln AT engineer DOT com \ |U| http://www.AngelFire.com/ny/TerryLincoln \ / |S| \ http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/concourse/7326 \ | | ICQ #39362285 \ | | ================================================ ~~~~~ Opinions expressed do not represent the management of UTC. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEBCE0.D4D0DB8A Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: question (latest "stable" dll?) + bugs: vim, bash, = gcc, cp, find, less, zip, ls

> -----Original Message-----
> From: itz AT lbin DOT com [mailto:itz AT lbin DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:59 PM
> To: pedwards AT jaj DOT com
> Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; = John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com
> Subject: Re: question (latest = "stable" dll?) + bugs: vim,
> bash, gcc, cp,
> find, less, zip, ls
>
>
>    Mailing-List: contact = cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com;
> run by ezmlm
>    Precedence: bulk
>    Sender: = cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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>    Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 = 19:09:05 -0400
>    From: Phil Edwards = <pedwards AT jaj DOT com>
>
>
>    I'll add/respond to the few = that I've encountered.
>
>    > 4) find is broken across = mounts.  find clearly can see the
   -- Snip --
>
>    I've had the same thing = happen to me while trying to run updatedb.
>    Nothing ever got written to = the temp file, by the way, so if you
>    were thinking of running = locate/updatedb, don't.
>
> There's a workaround for updatedb: use the = --netpaths option.  For
> instance, updatedb --netpaths=3D//d/.  = You'll probably need --netuser as
> well.
>
> 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. :-(

>
> --
> Ian Zimmerman
> Lightbinders, Inc.
> 2325 3rd Street #324
> San Francisco, California 94107
> U.S.A.
>

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