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From: Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin 3.1.X Fatal Errors - add_item ("\??\C:", "/", ...) failed, errno 22
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:22:29 +0000
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On 1/13/2020 6:59 AM, Ken Turner wrote:
> Dear Ken
> 
> As you will see from https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2020-01/msg00111.html I have 
> been having difficulty with installing Cygwin 3.1.X. It appears that it is no 
> longer possible to install Cygwin directly into C: and now requires a 
> subdirectory of this.
> 
> It was suggested that this might be due to patch you made such as 
> https://cygwin.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commit;f=winsup/cygwin/path.cc;h=283cb372e4e25d1d11123d98e3d14e85b525e48d 
> - but that's just a guess. Is there some connection with your patch?

Yes.  See my reply to Houder on the Cygwin list.

Ken

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