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RE: Bug fix and enchantment[*] in cygpath.cc
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 13:07:52 +0100
- Subject: RE: Bug fix and enchantment[*] in cygpath.cc
- References: <44CB2A70.9020807@po4ta.com> <20060730124524.GC8152@calimero.vinschen.de> <44CCB327.6010607@po4ta.com> <20060731073251.GE8152@calimero.vinschen.de> <4645B776.6000708@po4ta.com> <20070514105623.GA12681@calimero.vinschen.de>
On 14 May 2007 11:56, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On May 12 15:47, Ilya Bobir wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> * cygpath.cc (get_long_name): Fallback to get_long_path_name_w32impl.
>>>> Properly null-terminate 'buf'.
>> [...]
>> I've submitted this patch on 30.07.2006, but it seems that the bug still
>> exists in cygwin-1.5.24-2 that was released on 31.01.2007.
>> I can see that HEAD CVS brunch contains the fix.
>>
>> Why is that so? Is it some kind of mistake?
>
> No, the patch has gone into CVS HEAD, but the current releases are
> taken from the cr-0x5f1 branch. CVS HEAD is not yet ready for prime
> time.
Is there a summary of the branches and what they're for anywhere?
cheers,
DaveK
[*] - Bugfixes aside, I'm very much in favour of adding more enchantments to
cygwin! And possibly a magic missile or two just for good measure!
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