Cannot access system32 directory from 32 bit cygwin after the commit 456c3a46

Takashi Yano takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp
Wed Apr 21 10:09:12 GMT 2021


On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:56:50 +0200
Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 21.04.2021 10:49, Andrey Repin wrote:
> > Greetings, Takashi Yano!
> > 
> >> I noticed the problem that /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32 directory
> >> can be no longer accessed from 32 bit cygwin (WOW64) after the
> >> commit:
> > 
> >> Reverting this commit resolves the issue.
> > 
> >> 64 bit cygwin does not seem to be affected. Could you please
> >> have a look?
> > 
> > How exactly it "can no longer be accessed" ? Is it opening WOW64 System32 or
> > not opening anything at all?
> > 
> > 
> 
> I see no problem on my side
> 
> $ uname -svr
> CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW 3.2.0(0.340/5/3) 2021-03-29 08:37
> 
> $ ls /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32 | wc -l
> 2925

Because your cygwin1.dll is older than the commit:
commit 456c3a46386f38887407603b2c64b7f63a4871c5
Author: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
Date:   Mon Apr 19 14:49:14 2021 +0200

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Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>


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