Cygwin test 3.5.0 tar symlinks error messages and failure status

Achim Gratz Stromeko@nexgo.de
Sun May 28 05:42:38 GMT 2023


Brian Inglis via Cygwin writes:
> Problem writing tar (with Cygwin default sys) symlinks before target
> created under Cygwin 3.5.0 - error messages are issued and tar exits
> with failure status!
[…]
> The only likely culprit between 3.4.6 and that commit seems to be
> commit 2023-04-18 fa84aa4dd2fb43eaf7fcdfb040aef854f2f19d01 Cygwin: fix
> errno values set by readlinkat.
>
> Still seems to work as expected despite the error messages and failure status.
>
> Runs without any messages or failure under Cygwin stable 3.4.6.

The interface mentioned above is known to be wonky on various systems.
You might need to re-build tar in oder for it to detect any changed
level of wonkiness and adapt accordingly.


Regards,
Achim.
-- 
+<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+

Wavetables for the Waldorf Blofeld:
http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldUserWavetables


More information about the Cygwin mailing list