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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:01:22 -0500
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In-reply-to: <200102270215.SAA10254@darwin.UCSC.EDU> (ganong@darwin.UCSC.EDU)
Subject: Re: problem with long filenames in cygwin packages in setup.exe
References:  <200102270215 DOT SAA10254 AT darwin DOT UCSC DOT EDU>


> 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.  

Yeah, setup has its own tar.  I might have put in long path support,
I might not have.

> 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".  

Try building from yesterday's CVS.

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