X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <20110302130651.17593ulkc6umco2j@messagerie.si.c-s.fr> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:06:51 +0100 From: EXCOFFIER Denis To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Cc: lasse DOT collin AT tukaani DOT org Subject: winmm.dll error 487 is easily reproducible MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.3.5) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Hello, I get the winmm.dll error 487 (under 1.7.8-1, but not under 1.7.7-1) with the following, easily 100% reproducible: echo "dummy text" > /tmp/foo /usr/bin/xz -8 /tmp/foo /usr/bin/xz -d < /tmp/foo.xz <--- this produces the error rm -f /tmp/foo /tmp/foo.xz xz is the current one in Cygwin (4.999.9beta), but the same applies for the last xz (5.01). The `-8' is crucial here. The problem is related to another problem i have described on this list (http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2010-12/msg00368.html, unexpected jumps to the future in the system date), where the problem was caused by timeGetTime() returning 0 sometimes. Denis Excoffier. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple