From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ed1-x530.google.com (mail-ed1-x530.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::530]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C6BF385BF81 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 05:07:43 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 2C6BF385BF81 Received: by mail-ed1-x530.google.com with SMTP id g9so1303310edr.8 for ; Wed, 13 May 2020 22:07:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=thEhjw+TtDKiObgPNOywNZus8ZdBLI9zv4lnECAcUgM=; b=ceORUEFVgzuz9YrwJXZLR7XDDUYB4RliU+nWCPXh3VOAZ2uCtbAxjoxKAPedul7VaI oOD4I3bJAGVZktsgRHV0gNHz0bG0ttPhIFJ0/Ic2tytDDBgBHLh8rLpUzEbBnEe3lCZ7 DLnZS8NJVMzIIbU4zHMh/JQ9WEp8VdUDTFjLzHZ1huiiR2hkgBCa0EjNRuzNXbcf5mC1 rGPXqvtmvgWDn/YH+wgxyIYxO9izrmdOWWu19BSsw6tPVkBSx7CmlGpSv+dQjP3zu/k7 i4qOJkRGv2iIQ0t0QBFPOI7dSAh1JlCxg1Rn07OVPpuvnFRlbUrISUE7J83rTj5/d89z YUQg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530IXV1En3HSVbZVPesAfogUQdx1Pprb/fduG+dCNfioQht5TyDT 1+VfPkF95b/kduDh/tx5thgHTwQqVJ8RrhO26r3aCGDmyT0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzjk0AgG3DhIjvR/ylNknkneus6rVYU2gy5zM2wGohe7CzC9kvsl1cvWQFzVVflajqea2uqDAcMHExp1V6q8Qs= X-Received: by 2002:a50:d7c7:: with SMTP id m7mr2505153edj.101.1589432861544; Wed, 13 May 2020 22:07:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Jason Gross Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 01:07:11 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: patch command incorrectly capitalizes filenames that live on external USB flash drives To: cygwin , Marco Atzeri , Thomas Wolff , Brian Inglis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM, GIT_PATCH_0, KAM_EXEURI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, USB_DRIVES 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: Thu, 14 May 2020 05:07:45 -0000 Also btw, the bug I reported to patch is at https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2020-05/msg00000.html . It's not clear to me if this is a cygwin issue or a patch issue. On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:32 PM Jason Gross wrote: > > By the way, when I run the same script on the same flash drive from WSL, it works fine, and does not capitalize the filename. So this does seem to be a cygwin-patch specific issue... > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 8:31 PM Jason Gross wrote: >> >> Sorry for the late reply; I can see replies to my messages at >> https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2020-April/244660.html, but >> somehow I'm not receiving them in Gmail. I've tried (re?)subscribing >> to the cygwin mailing list, hopefully this fixes the problem. >> >> Thomas Wolff wrote: >> > You are throwing a puzzle into the mailing list and if you are lucky, >> > someone may like to solve it. >> > But perhaps: can you try to minimize your test case, please. >> > Something like: touch Makefile; ls (if that's it). >> >> I think there's some sort of misconception here. touch and cat create >> correctly capitalized files, and sed -i doesn't change capitalization, >> even on my FAT32 drive. patch is the only command I've found so far >> which capitalizes filenames when modifying files. I can try to dig >> into the source code of patch and figure out a minimal C program that >> breaks casing on files, but, come on, the fact that patch seems to >> capitalize the file name of every file it modifies, and no other >> utility does this, that seems like a pretty minimal test-case to me. >> And anyway, the cygwin patch sources (version 2.7.4) are impossible to >> compile, because safe.c can't find sys/resource.h and passing >> -I/usr/include via CFLAGS hits an internal bug in patch's configure >> script (search.h: present but cannot be compiled; sys/timeb.h: present >> but cannot be compiled; fcntl.h: present but cannot be compiled). (I've emailed >> bug-patch@gnu.org as requested by the configure script, but so far >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/ isn't showing anything >> newer than January.) >> >> Brian Inglis wrote: >> > That might be expected with FAT32, which is normally the default format for >> > flash drives, for maximum compatibility with microcontrollers, which may not >> > create VFAT Long File Names when file names are <= 8.3, so they appear as upper >> > case. >> >> This does not explain why `ls` displays "Makefile" as "Makefile" >> before I run `patch`, but displays the filename as "MAKEFILE" after I >> run `patch`. Nor does it explain why this happens to patch-modified >> files, but not to files modified via sed -i. >> >> Marco Atzeri wrote: >> > use a flash driver with NTFS and check the difference >> >> Indeed, I can confirm that this issue occurs when it's FAT or FAT32, >> and does not occur under NTFS nor exFAT. >> >> > I doubt it is a patch issue >> >> Do you have another utility that you suggest I try that you think will >> display the same problem as patch? So far, `| tee -a`, `sed -i`, >> `touch`, `>`, and `>>` all do not display this issue, while `patch` >> does. >> >> >> -Jason >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 3:27 PM Jason Gross wrote: >> > >> > Consider the following script in foo.sh: >> > ``` >> > #!/usr/bin/env bash >> > >> > set -ex >> > >> > cd "$1" >> > rm -rf foo >> > mkdir foo >> > cd foo >> > cat > Makefile <> > a >> > b >> > c >> > d >> > e >> > EOF >> > cat > diff <> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile >> > index 9405325..86d2f8c 100644 >> > --- a/Makefile >> > +++ b/Makefile >> > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ >> > a >> > b >> > -c >> > +ccc >> > d >> > e >> > EOF >> > patch -p1 -i ./diff >> > ls >> > ``` >> > >> > If I run `./foo.sh /cygdrive/c/`, I get, as expected, >> > ``` >> > + cd /cygdrive/c/ >> > + rm -rf foo >> > + mkdir foo >> > + cd foo >> > + cat >> > + cat >> > + patch -p1 -i ./diff >> > patching file Makefile >> > + ls >> > diff Makefile >> > ``` >> > >> > If I instead run `./foo.sh /cygdrive/h/`, I get >> > ``` >> > + cd /cygdrive/h/ >> > + rm -rf foo >> > + mkdir foo >> > + cd foo >> > + cat >> > + cat >> > + patch -p1 -i ./diff >> > patching file Makefile >> > + ls >> > diff MAKEFILE >> > ``` >> > >> > My C drive is an internal SSD (NTFS), my H drive is an external flash >> > drive (FAT32). I installed cygwin with the commands: >> > ``` >> > powershell -Command "(New-Object >> > Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('http://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe', >> > 'setup-x86_64.exe')" >> > SET CYGMIRROR=http://mirror.easyname.at/cygwin >> > SET CYGROOT=H:\cygwin64 >> > SET CYGCACHE=%CYGROOT%\var\cache\setup >> > setup-x86_64.exe -qnNdO -R %CYGROOT% -l %CYGCACHE% -s %CYGMIRROR% -P >> > rsync -P patch -P diffutils -P make -P unzip -P m4 -P findutils -P >> > time -P wget -P curl -P git -P >> > mingw64-x86_64-binutils,mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core,mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++,mingw64-x86_64-pkg-config,mingw64-x86_64-windows_default_manifest >> > -P mingw64-x86_64-headers,mingw64-x86_64-runtime,mingw64-x86_64-pthreads,mingw64-x86_64-zlib >> > -P python3 >> > ``` >> > >> > Running `patch -v` says `GNU patch 2.7.4`. Note that this happens >> > regardless of whether I install cygwin itself on my external flash >> > drive or on my internal HD. >> > >> > This came up when trying to run `opam install findlib` (which fails >> > when the home directory is on an external USB drive). >> > >> > -Jason