Re: Latest snapshot and CYG_MAX_PATH

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Nov 14 10:16, Juan Rey Saura wrote:
> I have been playing with lastest snapshot and depending on CYG_MAX_PATH
> value I set, I have experienced diferent behaivours:
> value -> PATH_MAX -> all programs run properly
> value  ->1024 -> I get an  "ACCES_VIOLATION"
> value -> 4096 -> I get an "*incompatible* *per_process* *info* 0 != 168"
> message
> Is it OK? Why?.

Yes, it is ok.  First of all, you shouldn't fiddle with CYG_MAX_PATH.
It's supposed to be MAX_PATH (260) and nothing else.  Second, the
snapshot is work in progress towards being able to use long UTF path
names up to PATH_MAX (~32K) in length.  This isn't finished yet and
so it's not exactly stable.  Some parts of the DLL are still working
with CYG_MAX_PATH while others are working with PATH_MAX.  In the
long run we won't use CYG_MAX_PATH anymore.


Corinna

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