open /dev/null O_NOFOLLOW fails with ELOOP

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Dec 21 14:32, gs-cygwin.com--- via Cygwin wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 03:29:42PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> > Hi Glenn,
> > 
> > On Dec 21 12:31, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> > > On Dec 21 06:15, gs-cygwin.com--- via Cygwin wrote:
> > > > open /dev/null O_NOFOLLOW fails with ELOOP
> > > > [...]
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the report.  I think I see what's going on, stay tuned.
> > 
> > I pushed a patch:
> > https://cygwin.com/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commitdiff;h=09cb4cd2940f
> > 
> > Please try the latest test release cygwin-3.5.0-0.60.g09cb4cd2940f.
> > For installation, see https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.setup.testrels
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Corinna
> 
> cygwin-3.5.0-0.60.g09cb4cd2940f works for my test case and for lighttpd.
> I was unable to reproduce the problem after (somewhat limited) testing
> with the test version.
> 
> When I reverted back to 3.4.3-1, I was immediately able to reproduce the
> issue with 3.4.3-1.
> 
> Thank you!  Happy Holidays!

Thanks for testing and same to you!

Corinna