X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:45:37 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: how do I report a bug in cygpath Message-ID: <20081111044537.GA17111@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4918A261 DOT 1030205 AT mitel DOT com> <4918A3F2 DOT 5060903 AT cygwin DOT com> <4918C4AF DOT 3020204 AT mitel DOT com> <20081111035352 DOT GA17315 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <491904FB DOT 9010705 AT mitel DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <491904FB.9010705@mitel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:07:23PM -0500, Lee Dilkie wrote: > > >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 06:33:03PM -0500, Lee Dilkie wrote: >> >>> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the reply Larry. >>> >>>>> It is reporting an absolute path for >>>>> windows style in all invocations and ignoring the absence of -a. >>>>> >>>>> $ cygpath -w foo >>>>> C:\foo >>>>> >>>>> $ cygpath -wa foo >>>>> C:\foo >>>>> >>>>> $ cygpath -u foo >>>>> foo >>>>> >>>>> $ cygpath -ua foo >>>>> /cygdrive/c//foo >>>>> >>>> WJFFM. What does 'cygpath --version' report for you? Mine is 1.42.4.1. >>>> Perhaps you're out of date? >>>> >>>> >>> $ cygpath --version >>> cygpath (cygwin) 1.51 >>> Path Conversion Utility >>> Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, >>> 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc. >>> Compiled on Oct 30 2008 >>> >>> I forgot to mention this is a cygwin 1.7 issue, my 1.5 version worked fine. >>> >> >> Sorry but this WJFFM in cygwin-1.7.0-31 although the double // in the >> -ua case is annoying. >> >Sorry, but where is the manual or documentation for 1.7.? 1.7.0 hasn't been released. It's in a "If you have to ask you probably shouldn't be using it" state. cygpath --help Will provide you with accurate help. >Is it intentional that the output of cygpath would change in such a >non-backwards-compatible way? Showing only absolute paths in windows >broke my makefile scripts. Please don't jump to conclusions. No one has said anything about changing the output of cygpath. If you read http://cygwin.com/problems.html that is one of the subtle points that is trying to be made. Once again: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#WJFFM >> You asked how to report problems. The answer to your question is at the >> bottom of every message to the cygwin mailing list: >> >>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html cgf -- 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/