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Re: x86/ -> ./ symlink
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 11:23:01 +0200
- Subject: Re: x86/ -> ./ symlink
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On Jun 30 18:31, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 11:38:46AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jun 29 13:59, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 12:46:00PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >> >On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 10:01:52AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> >>On Jun 24 19:52, Achim Gratz wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> May I suggest that this sort of link (and the similar one in
> >> >>> cygwinports) has potential to break mirror scripts in bad ways? Not
> >> >>> quite as bad, but linking x86_64 -> 64bit also results in duplicates
> >> >>> that aren't serving a good purpose.
> >> >>
> >> >>The x86 symlink break the "Install from directory" function of
> >> >>setup.exe. It runs into some endless loop. If I remove the symlinks it
> >> >>works as usual. I don't know why it does that at all. It has no
> >> >>business reading these symlinks. If nobody beats me to it, I'll
> >> >>investigate next week.
> >> >
> >> >Are you saying that this is happening with a CVS version of setup.exe?
> >
> >No, this occurs with the current 2.774 version from the home page.
> >
> >> >If not, it seems impossible that this symlink would cause an issue on a
> >> >local install.
> >> >
> >> >Or, maybe you're copying the whole release area to your work area as
> >> >you proposed in the cygwin list.
> >
> >We're using a local mirror and "Install from directory" from the local
> >mirror for many, many years and it always worked fine.
>
> I'm still investigating this behavior.
I'll have a look, too. The 64 bit version now also misbehaves like the
32 bit version in terms of showing a broken package list. A first
debugging attempt shows that it now neglects to parse the .ini file at
all for some reason.
> >The 64 bit 2.802 executable SEGVs immediately at startup.
>
> That one should be fixed. I'm not sure why it didn't SEGV on 32-bit
> too. Different stack layout I guess.
Yes, that's fixed, thank you.
Corinna
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