cygdrive 'find' problem fixed in ver 4.3.0

Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
Thu Jun 15 12:44:00 GMT 2006


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According to mark.m.wright@bt.com on 6/15/2006 4:32 AM:
> Hi all,
> 
> I had the cygdrive 'find' problem whereby the command cant traverse the
> mounted drived under /cygdrive properly, as described in these posts:
> 
> http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-11/msg00772.html

This is already a known problem, and another already known solution is to
use a recent cygwin snapshot.  In fact, if you were to use 4.3.0's
oldfind, it would have the same problem as 4.2.27's find.

> It was a major pain because it also broke updatedb. I just forced the
> upgrade from 4.2.27 to 4.3.0 and now the problem is fixed, so there you
> go!

The only reason I have not made 4.3.0 the current version is because it is
alpha quality upstream, and 4.2.27 depends on cygwin 1.5.19; making 4.3.0
current would leave no fallback for users trying to revert to cygwin
1.5.18.  But as soon as cygwin 1.5.20 comes out (whenever that might be),
my story will change, since I will no longer have to worry about 1.5.18
compatibility.

- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
volunteer cygwin findutils maintainer
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