Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Jacek Sowiński]

After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use install
paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed:

> The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive letter and
> leading slash, like C:\Cygwin

Below are the contents of setup.log.full:

> 2016/08/31 19:09:26 Starting cygwin install, version 2.875
> 2016/08/31 19:09:26 User has NO backup/restore rights
> 2016/08/31 19:09:26 Current Directory: E:\PortableApps\CygwinPortable64\packages
> 2016/08/31 19:09:26 Could not open Service control manager
> 2016/08/31 19:09:29 source: network install
> 2016/08/31 19:09:30 mbox note: The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive letter and leading slash, like C:\Cygwin
> 2016/08/31 19:11:31 Ending cygwin install

I've double checked and this issue doesn't exist with 2.872. I don't
remember it also with 2.873 and 2.874 (I can't check those versions
right now, because after update I have only additional copy of 2.872).

I tried to attach cygcheck.out, but then my e-mails were rejected with
such message:

> 552 spam score exceeded threshold

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Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Corinna Vinschen]

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On Aug 31 20:22, Jacek Sowiński wrote:
> After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use install
> paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed:
> 
> > The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive letter and
> > leading slash, like C:\Cygwin

So what was your actual install path?

FYI, I just used setup-2.875 to installed Cygwin into
C:\cygwin-test-blubber-test\test\test and it just worked.


Corinna

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Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On
> Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 2:39 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: EXT: Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875
> update
> 
> On Aug 31 20:22, Jacek Sowiński wrote:
> > After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use install
> > paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed:
> >
> > > The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive letter and
> > > leading slash, like C:\Cygwin
> 
> So what was your actual install path?
> 
> FYI, I just used setup-2.875 to installed Cygwin into C:\cygwin-test-blubber-
> test\test\test and it just worked.

I can confirm that C:\apps\Cygwin64 does NOT work but C:\apps\Cygwin6 does.  I also get the error with C:\cygwin-test-blubber-test\test\test.

> 
> 
> Corinna
> 
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Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Brian Inglis]

On 2016-08-31 12:59, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote:
>> On Aug 31 20:22, Jacek Sowiński wrote:
>>> After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use
>>> install paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed:
>>>> The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive
>>>> letter and leading slash, like C:\Cygwin
>> So what was your actual install path? FYI, I just used setup-2.875
>> to installed Cygwin into C:\cygwin-test-blubber- test\test\test and
>> it just worked.
> I can confirm that C:\apps\Cygwin64 does NOT work but C:\apps\Cygwin6
> does.  I also get the error with
> C:\cygwin-test-blubber-test\test\test.

No problems updating cygwin today with setup-x86_64.exe 2.875:
$ uname -srvmo
CYGWIN_NT-10.0 2.6.0(0.304/5/3) 2016-08-31 14:32 x86_64 Cygwin
$ head -n 2 /etc/setup/setup.rc
last-cache
         C:/usr/local/cygwin64/var/cache/setup/packages
Brian@BWInglisD ~ 2013 $ tail -n 8 /etc/setup/setup.rc
last-mirror
         ftp://ftp.muug.ca/mirror/cygwin/
net-method
         Direct
last-action
         Download,Install
chooser_window_settings
         44,0,1,4294967295,4294967295,4294967295,4294967295,101,401,1090,1181
$
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Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Corinna Vinschen]

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On Aug 31 18:59, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On
> > Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 2:39 PM
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: EXT: Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875
> > update
> > 
> > On Aug 31 20:22, Jacek Sowiński wrote:
> > > After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use install
> > > paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed:
> > >
> > > > The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive letter and
> > > > leading slash, like C:\Cygwin
> > 
> > So what was your actual install path?
> > 
> > FYI, I just used setup-2.875 to installed Cygwin into C:\cygwin-test-blubber-
> > test\test\test and it just worked.
> 
> I can confirm that C:\apps\Cygwin64 does NOT work but C:\apps\Cygwin6
> does.  I also get the error with C:\cygwin-test-blubber-test\test\test.

On what OS?  You're not running it on XP by any chance?  Is that on
32 or 64 bit?

[...time passes...]

I could reproduce it on W7 32 bit for some reaosn, while it works fine
all the time on W10 64 bit.

FWIW, I reverted setup to version 2.874 for the time being.


Corinna

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Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On
> Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:26 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: EXT: Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875
> update
> 
> On Aug 31 18:59, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]
> On
> > > Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 2:39 PM
> > > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > > Subject: EXT: Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after
> > > 2.875 update
> > >
> > > On Aug 31 20:22, Jacek Sowiński wrote:
> > > > After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use
> > > > install paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed:
> > > >
> > > > > The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive letter
> > > > > and leading slash, like C:\Cygwin
> > >
> > > So what was your actual install path?
> > >
> > > FYI, I just used setup-2.875 to installed Cygwin into
> > > C:\cygwin-test-blubber- test\test\test and it just worked.
> >
> > I can confirm that C:\apps\Cygwin64 does NOT work but C:\apps\Cygwin6
> > does.  I also get the error with C:\cygwin-test-blubber-test\test\test.
> 
> On what OS?  You're not running it on XP by any chance?  Is that on
> 32 or 64 bit?
> 
> [...time passes...]
> 
> I could reproduce it on W7 32 bit for some reaosn, while it works fine all the
> time on W10 64 bit.
> 

Fails on Win7 64 bit also.

> FWIW, I reverted setup to version 2.874 for the time being.
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 
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Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Jacek Sowiński]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:38:39 +0200 Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> So what was your actual install path?

E:\PortableApps\CygwinPortable64

It works if I cut it to E:\PortableApps
It doesn't however if it is E:\PortableApps1

I'm on Windows 7 64bit and I've tried both versions of setup.exe (x86
and x86_64).

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Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Brian Inglis]

On 2016-08-31 13:28, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote:
>> On Aug 31 18:59, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote:
>>>> On Aug 31 20:22, Jacek Sowiński wrote:
>>>>> After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use
>>>>> install paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed:
>>>>>> The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive
>>>>>> letter and leading slash, like C:\Cygwin
>>>> So what was your actual install path? FYI, I just used
>>>> setup-2.875 to installed Cygwin into C:\cygwin-test-blubber-
>>>> test\test\test and it just worked.
>>> I can confirm that C:\apps\Cygwin64 does NOT work but
>>> C:\apps\Cygwin6 does.  I also get the error with
>>> C:\cygwin-test-blubber-test\test\test.
>> On what OS?  You're not running it on XP by any chance?  Is that
>> on 32 or 64 bit? I could reproduce it on W7 32 bit for some reaosn,
>> while it works fine all the time on W10 64 bit.
> Fails on Win7 64 bit also.

Sounds suspiciously close to _POSIX_NAME_MAX(==14) if backslash is
stripped and nul terminator is included in the count?
But can't find anything obvious grepping setup and newlib sources.

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Re: Can't use install-path longer than 15 chars after 2.875 update

[Corinna Vinschen]

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On Aug 31 21:22, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2016-08-31 13:28, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote:
> > > On Aug 31 18:59, Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE) wrote:
> > > > > On Aug 31 20:22, Jacek Sowiński wrote:
> > > > > > After updating to setup-x86_64.exe version 2.875 I can't use
> > > > > > install paths longer than 15 chars and error is throwed:
> > > > > > > The install directory must be absolute, with both a drive
> > > > > > > letter and leading slash, like C:\Cygwin
> > > > > So what was your actual install path? FYI, I just used
> > > > > setup-2.875 to installed Cygwin into C:\cygwin-test-blubber-
> > > > > test\test\test and it just worked.
> > > > I can confirm that C:\apps\Cygwin64 does NOT work but
> > > > C:\apps\Cygwin6 does.  I also get the error with
> > > > C:\cygwin-test-blubber-test\test\test.
> > > On what OS?  You're not running it on XP by any chance?  Is that
> > > on 32 or 64 bit? I could reproduce it on W7 32 bit for some reaosn,
> > > while it works fine all the time on W10 64 bit.
> > Fails on Win7 64 bit also.
> 
> Sounds suspiciously close to _POSIX_NAME_MAX(==14) if backslash is
> stripped and nul terminator is included in the count?
> But can't find anything obvious grepping setup and newlib sources.

It was a C++ scope issue.  We're still working on this stuff since
it was apparently not the only such problem in the code...


Corinna

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