cp (coreutils) 5.2.1 Corrupts Binary File

[Vincent Rowley]

Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha <at> cs.nyu.edu> writes:

> Two more (probably easier) ways:
> 1) Run setup.exe and select "Unix line endings"; then select the "Keep"
> mode (switch to the "Partial" view to make sure no packages will get
> installed), and complete the installation.  The mounts will be switched.
> 2) From a bash prompt in /bin, run
> 
> PATH="$PATH:." eval "`mount -m | grep ' -t ' | sed 's/ -t / -b /'`"
> 
> (Google for "cygwin remount binary").
> HTH,
> 	Igor


Hi Corinna and Igor,

FYI, a co-worker tried a newer version of coreutils and it solved the issue.

In my case, I just re-ran Setup.exe specifying the Unix mode and it solved the 
issue (i.e. still using the coreutils that I used to use).

Thank you for the support.

Regards,

Vincent



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