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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:09:41 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: tar broken on 1.5.18 and newer
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On Aug  9 22:48, Krzysztof Duleba wrote:
> This is the second time I'm trying to send this report. Last time my mail 
> didn't make it to the list because of "Symantec Mail Security detected 
> prohibited attachments in a message sent from your address. ". This time 
> I'll paste stackdump and strace inline.
> 
> Since 1.5.18, tar failes to work if called from the windows shell.
> 
> D:\>tar
>       4 [main] tar 412 handle_exceptions: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
>    8977 [main] tar 412 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to 
> tar.exe.stackdump
> 
> This happens only if there is another Cygwin program running. However, if I 
> turn off *all* Cygwin apps, tar will work fine.
> 
> Reproduced on 1.5.18 and 1.5.19 snapshots (including 20050808). Works fine 
> on 1.5.17. Works fine in Cygwin shells. Works fine if cmd is called from 
> bash.

Works fine on my machine, started from a genuine cmd, with lots of Cygwin
apps running in the background.  I tried with 1.5.18 and current CVS.


Corinna

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