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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:15:40 -0800 (PST)
From: "James.Ganong" <ganong@darwin.UCSC.EDU>
Message-Id: <200102270215.SAA10254@darwin.UCSC.EDU>
To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Subject: problem with long filenames in cygwin packages in setup.exe
Cc: ganong@darwin.UCSC.EDU



i have been experimenting with making my own packages, and 
using the setup.exe from the cygwin web page.  when my package's tar
file has a file in it with a pathname longer than 100 characters,
i get error messages.  These error messages come from setup/tar.cc 
and setup/mkdir.cc.  I know since 100 characters is the limit of 
old fashioned filenames in tar (pre-gnu long filenames) i am guessing
there is something wrong with setup's tar functions.  

i tried to build the winsup from cvs to see i could fix this myself
but the setup.exe that i built crashes just after putting up a dialog
box that begins with "downloading".  

thanks


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