Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:15:40 -0800 (PST) From: "James.Ganong" Message-Id: <200102270215.SAA10254@darwin.UCSC.EDU> To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: problem with long filenames in cygwin packages in setup.exe Cc: ganong AT darwin DOT UCSC DOT EDU i have been experimenting with making my own packages, and using the setup.exe from the cygwin web page. when my package's tar file has a file in it with a pathname longer than 100 characters, i get error messages. These error messages come from setup/tar.cc and setup/mkdir.cc. I know since 100 characters is the limit of old fashioned filenames in tar (pre-gnu long filenames) i am guessing there is something wrong with setup's tar functions. i tried to build the winsup from cvs to see i could fix this myself but the setup.exe that i built crashes just after putting up a dialog box that begins with "downloading". thanks -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple