On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:59:59 +0200 Thomas Wolff wrote: > I upgraded 3.3.3 → 3.3.4 in a lab environment, where my home directory > is H:\ or /cygdrive/h > > Starting cygwin (cmd/bash or mintty) with some tools from gnuutils (like > ls) in the path gives me this message: > > mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/cygdrive/h’: File exists > /cygdrive/h could not be created. > Setting HOME to /tmp. > > After clearing PATH, then running bash or mintty: > bash: /cygdrive/h/.bashrc: Too many levels of symbolic links > > $ cd /cygdrive/h > -bash: cd: /cygdrive/h: Too many levels of symbolic links > > $ /bin/ls -l /cygdrive > /bin/ls: /cygdrive/h: Too many levels of symbolic links > /bin/ls: /cygdrive/l: Too many levels of symbolic links > total 48 > d---r-x---+ 1 NT SERVICE+TrustedInstaller NT SERVICE+TrustedInstaller 0 > Apr 27 11:01 c > drwx---rwx+ 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Mar 23 15:41 d > drwxrwx--- 1 Administratoren Domänen-Admins 0 Nov 26 11:40 h > drwxrwxr-x 1 Administratoren Domänen-Admins 0 Dec 17 18:53 l > > $ /bin/mount > //141.64.144.100/Labormaterial/TGI/cygwin64/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs > (binary,auto) > //141.64.144.100/Labormaterial/TGI/cygwin64/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs > (binary,auto) > //141.64.144.100/Labormaterial/TGI/cygwin64 on / type ntfs (binary,auto) > C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > H: on /cygdrive/h type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > L: on /cygdrive/l type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) > > Reverting to cygwin 3.3.3 solves the issue. Maybe related to the other > 3.3.4 problem reported today?
This seems to be the issue which was already fixed in git head. https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-patches/2022q1/011729.html -- Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp> -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
