From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (smtp-out-no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.13]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 061C0386F013 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:41:25 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 061C0386F013 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id 1DvQlmPp634ax1DvRl4Qbh; Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:41:25 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=LvQsdlRc c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=600492e5 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=idWnhwH6AAAA:20 a=94nOnFI1EgyDtX4ev68A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: misterious GIT failure (SOLVED) To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1742171701.1391964.1610730544471.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1742171701.1391964.1610730544471@mail.yahoo.com> <03cc5513-8a2c-d9cc-6b71-e0c2df0125ed@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <449114268.20210117211118@yandex.ru> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <2213ecae-52ec-4148-9370-78b846fb26cc@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:41:24 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <449114268.20210117211118@yandex.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfLCgWaZZH10EtGyhVtmFfyHjAGwslBgwB/OvBej4SIE4JFENnzIxk50HCqToNjLV3zwAejcQ1dWXfM3CCLGa+61AC4Ahl+5Bd1jTJqc67B1Ku4wmJifL MIrynw4dYb4HpDy4xTMJ/Do5DQkqeiWGmm+0zpPmxtkugOVEauucDZ5EjVjRKxNidGw/97mUQAYVt0PyYXbUCQWnxGRwG4XDgNg= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:41:27 -0000 On 2021-01-17 11:11, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Brian Inglis! >> On Friday, January 15, 2021, 11:36:28 AM EST, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote: >>> On 2021-01-15 10:09, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote: >>>> Ken Brown wrote: >>>>> Do you by any chance have symlinks in your PATH? There was a problem >>>>> reported in early December in which STATUS_IO_REPARSE_TAG_NOT_HANDLED >>>>> would sometimes occur when there was a symlink in PATH: > >>>> Yes, the first and 3rd entries are symlinks. I've had these symlinks in my >>>> PATH for years. >>>> /home/MP1116/.aws/YYY/bin:/home/MP1116/bin -> .WPHOME/bin/ >>>> .aws -> .WPHOME/.aws/.WPHOME -> Dropbox/Work_Projects/XXX >>>> # /etc/fstab > >>> C:/Users /home none binary,user 0 0 > >>> I excised the 2 symlink-involved PATH elements and now Git runs great with >>> v3.1.5 of the DLL. I'll try one of the snapshots at some point, but I am also >>> tempted to change my Bash function 'addPath()' to fully unroll symlinks >>> before adding. >>> https://github.com/tb3088/shell-environment/blob/master/.functions#L144 >> Resolving Cygwin paths is best done using readlink or realpath followed by >> cygpath -alm then cygpath -auU to get canonical paths, as neither realpath nor >> cygpath do the complete job under Cygwin. > > Can you provide examples? I find cygpath output satisfying so far, with > readlink if needs that bad. Sorry, it's been a few years now - there were a few issues testing various paths using various directories and links that neither readlink nor realpath resolved absolutely and correctly, so I added the cygpath to and fro to give a consistent path to support ordering and duplicate checking. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]