On 1/13/2020 4:30 PM, Houder wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:23:16, Henning wrote: >> On 16/12/2019 20:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: >>> >>> * cygwin-3.1.0-1 >>> * cygwin-devel-3.1.0-1 >>> * cygwin-doc-3.1.0-1 >> >> After cygwin-3.0.7 all attempts to update (to test or normal versions) >> terminated with errors: >> >> Package: 0/Perpetual >> 0p_000_autorebase.dash exit code -1073741819 >> 0p_update-info-dir.dash exit code -1073741819 > [snip] > >> OS: Windows 8.1 Professional 32bit > [snip] > >> setup.log extract: >> >> >> 2019/12/17 09:58:10 Starting cygwin install, version 2.897 >> 2019/12/17 09:58:10 User has backup/restore rights >> 2019/12/17 09:58:10 Current Directory: U:\usr\pkg\cygwin >> 2019/12/17 09:58:10 Could not open service McShield for query, start and >> stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access. >> 2019/12/17 09:58:13 source: network install >> 2019/12/17 09:58:13 root: U:\ system > > .. for the record ... > > Both 32-bits and 64-bits installations fail if one installs in the root of > a drive as result of a modification made by Ken Brown on 2019 09 25. > > This statement also applies to: > > - https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2020-01/msg00111.html > ( Cygwin 3.1.X Fatal Errors - add_item ("\??\C:", "/", ...) failed, errno > 22 ) > > Note: I am not saying that the modification made by Ken Brown is in error, but > that "something else" has to be changed as well ... > (init_cygheap::init_installation_root() in winsup/cygwin/cyheap.cc ?????) > > Ken Brown's modification: > > - > https://cygwin.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commit;f=winsup/cygwin/path.cc;h=283cb372e4e25d1d11123d98e3d14e85b525e48d > ( Cygwin: normalize_win32_path: improve error checking )
I think I see how to fix this. I'll submit a patch within the next few days. Ken -- 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
