why w32api-1.2-1 is broken in setup 2.194.2.15
David Starks-Browning
starksb@ebi.ac.uk
Thu Mar 21 15:41:00 GMT 2002
I think I know why w32api-1.2-1 is broken in setup 2.194.2.15. That
is, I don't know what bug to fix in setup, but I know what's unique
about w32api-1.2-1.tar that is causing problems. The paths are of the
form "./usr/lib/..." instead of "usr/lib/...". That extra "./"
shouldn't matter but it causes the problem.
Here is part of "tar jtvf w32api-1.2-1.tar.bz2":
...
drwxr-xr-x BoydE/Administrators 0 2001-12-07 14:51:10 ./usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x BoydE/Administrators 0 2001-12-07 14:51:13 ./usr/lib/w32api/
-rw-r--r-- BoydE/Administrators 408608 2001-12-07 14:51:10 ./usr/lib/w32api/libadvapi32.a
-rw-r--r-- BoydE/Administrators 4254 2001-12-07 14:51:10 ./usr/lib/w32api/libcap.a
...
If it's re-packaged like this:
...
drwxr-xr-x BoydE/Administrators 0 2001-12-07 14:51:10 usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x BoydE/Administrators 0 2001-12-07 14:51:13 usr/lib/w32api/
-rw-r--r-- BoydE/Administrators 408608 2001-12-07 14:51:10 usr/lib/w32api/libadvapi32.a
-rw-r--r-- BoydE/Administrators 4254 2001-12-07 14:51:10 usr/lib/w32api/libcap.a
...
(without the leading "./") then setup 2.194.2.15 installs it
properly. At least, that does it for me.
Perhaps someone (Earnie?) with quick access to cygwin/latest/w32api on
sources.redhat.com could repack these archives in time for mirrors to
get them tonight? I guess they should be 1.2-2?
I'm in the process of downloading all cygwin packages to check for
others with this packaging style. But someone with access to an
existing mirror could do this more easily. I will probably fall
asleep before my download finishes. Assuming I have enough disk
space...
Sweet dreams.
David
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