bash bug report? Minor border case:

[Igor Pechtchanski]

Linda,

I shan't delve into the intuitiveness of list naming here.  There is a
clear description of what each list is about, and your message does not
conform to the description of <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>.  To quote:

cygwin-apps: a subscriber-only list for discussing packaging issues
regarding applications that are distributed with the Cygwin DLL.  If you
are maintaining or volunteering to maintain one of the packages that is
distributed with the Cygwin net releases you should be subscribed to this
list.  This list is intended for discussing solutions.  It is not (with
one exception) for bug reports, "it would be nice", or "how do I" type of
musings.  Use the main cygwin mailing list for that.

The keywords in the above are "packaging issues", and "it is not for bug
reports".  What you've described is not a packaging issue.  It is a bug
report.  Thus it belongs on the main cygwin list.
	Igor

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, linda w (cyg) wrote:

> Is bash a cygwin app or a central part of the cygwin DLL?
>
> Guess bash must be part of cygwin.  I always thought it was
> an app.  Silly me.
>
> -linda
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu]
> > Sent: Sat, Mar 29, 2003 5:22p
> > To: linda w (cyg)
> > Cc: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: bash bug report? Minor border case:
> >
> > Linda,
> >
> > According to <http://cygwin.com/lists.html#available-lists>, this is
> > off-topic for the <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com> list.  Please remove
> > <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com> from further replies.
> >       Igor
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, linda w (cyg) wrote:
> >
> > > Valid filename created by app:
> > > \Documents and Settings\law\My Documents\win\registry2\regtweaks\Kellys_XP_Tweaks\download.com.com\clear\redx\c.gif-ts=-104976066&edId=3&prtnr=CNET+Networks,+Inc.&oid=3000-2094-10126096&ptId=3000&onId=2094&sId=4&asId=10126096&pId=10126096&asType=Product
> > >
> > > exactly 255 characters long.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, there is a bit of a 'normalization problem'.
> > >
> > > If one does a 'updatedb', it complains that "C:\\Documents and Settings\law\My Documents\win\registry2\regtweaks\Kellys_XP_Tweaks\download.com.com\clear\redx\c.gif-ts=-104976066&edId=3&prtnr=CNET+Networks,+Inc.&oid=3000-2094-10126096&ptId=3000&onId=2094&sId=4&asId=10126096&pId=10126096&asType=Product"
> > >
> > > is too long a filename (and at 258 characters, it is), however if
> > > it were normalized to either cygwin (using native normalization
> > > semantics) to either the above w/o "C:\" or just "/c/Doc..." then
> > > it should work.
> > >
> > > Similar bug is in 'cmd.exe' (XP), but at least in "bash", you can
> > > put double quotes  around the string and it will work with 'ls'.
> > >
> > > Not sure of the best way to address it, but believe it or not I
> > > have 3 files with such weird names.
> > > -linda

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