Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Brian Inglis <Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca>]

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 Sowiński 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.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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