X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:reply-to:subject:references:to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=caY+sV+RHQKYqZaO 17HBEb91+UZRmvQZv3gZcwrEWz9xrijq5fR+FJeQ2ahRYsvN/G0gSSEhkuqLXja9 Ry5Cv+4oOH08w24cLX4uUXZlHhLDxNq1TSI4PpwVBXgwjJbuAApvXNMH/b2RcgmH ZY8NilPt8d72KJX0P3EewEbNmGA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:reply-to:subject:references:to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=1auVi4vNQJTZ0AzR3TOBKn bzTiw=; b=S1/1nSvUX7U+DzVAuXoeW5vazkEk8Xe/NiDIOk/9/2fIilNTCAWdXz E0FI6jP5RQr3ZTYiEIUXfrPgiNMX0VSyJHQZN5KFnQ0RsjorSDH1Z9GWb2bE4N5J fEvxVqoq9gi1B2SpbzIHnbalMyLX88dCkkqHlMQVFHzQwQ9Hxs01c= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*RU:64.59.136.137, Hx-spam-relays-external:64.59.136.137, calgary, Calgary X-HELO: smtp-out-so.shaw.ca X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=Q++Q2M+a c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:117 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=m78s7kKHvf3ZwQdWM2sA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Reply-To: Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca Subject: Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update References: <20160831182233 DOT GC10084 AT OPTI105> <20160831183839 DOT GG22389 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20160831192536 DOT GA1128 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Brian Inglis Message-ID: <3d3f3532-ca2b-4b99-94bd-08a4a0761d17@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:22:04 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfKI7XHNYGtgISXAFQx7ZrxFSVLxc+Oo2aAxzAQkbEmninJUvwfHrhxQ5Ti0t70qD/KrugrqeYyWh8KIO/kMuR91elbfEHueQOaWAZDgad0fvPgJ0cPSq 2OZWfvwwGKkhxvlEuoJMCQvqhrPnUEs1+T03GrmWb0qUISBfwaSQ+8cnsF9PVG7Gee5cVGzRjR9H4Q== X-IsSubscribed: yes On 2016-08-31 13:28, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote: >> On Aug 31 18:59, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote: >>>> On Aug 31 20:22, Jacek SowiƄski wrote: >>>>> After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use >>>>> install paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed: >>>>>> The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive >>>>>> letter and leading slash, like C:\Cygwin >>>> So what was your actual install path? FYI, I just used >>>> setup-2.875 to installed Cygwin into C:\cygwin-test-blubber- >>>> test\test\test and it just worked. >>> I can confirm that C:\apps\Cygwin64 does NOT work but >>> C:\apps\Cygwin6 does. I also get the error with >>> C:\cygwin-test-blubber-test\test\test. >> On what OS? You're not running it on XP by any chance? Is that >> on 32 or 64 bit? I could reproduce it on W7 32 bit for some reaosn, >> while it works fine all the time on W10 64 bit. > Fails on Win7 64 bit also. Sounds suspiciously close to _POSIX_NAME_MAX(==14) if backslash is stripped and nul terminator is included in the count? But can't find anything obvious grepping setup and newlib sources. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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