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Subject: Re: winmm.dll error 487 is easily reproducible
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On Mar  2 13:06, EXCOFFIER Denis wrote:
> 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.

Please try the latest developer snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/


Thanks,
Corinna

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