Re: BUG: Cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

["David A. Cobb" <Superbiskit at cox dot net>]

Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

> David A. Cobb wrote:
>
> > ++rm.exe    <==== getting 98% of the CPU time and not making any
> > progress.  Watching the handles display, I see an open handle on what
> > must be the first *.deb file found so I'm pretty sure of the "no
> > progress -= stuck!" diagnosis.
>
>
> If there is a Windows process which has a handle on a file or directory
> open, rm shows this behaviour occasionally.  e.g. try to run
> rm -rf /path/to/directory
> while having an explorer view open on this directory (or a 
> subdirectory of directory).
>
> It happens i.e. often for me when using the generic-build-script, if 
> invoking with install or reconf which does rm -rf .build / .inst and
> having an explorer shell open in one of the (sub)directories to be
> removed from the script -> it seems to hang and it is always rm.
>
> Maybe Reini can look into this issue, it seems he is already working
> at the coreutils sources.  But I think it is a Windows feature and 
> this is probably difficult to work around.
>
>
> Gerrit

It's always good to know I'm not the only one getting things like this.  
At least if I've lost my mind I have companions.

It's hard to see how a Windows misfeature prevents rm.exe from deleting 
a file and exiting.  But, yeah, the --recurse could create  some sort of 
situation I guess.  But I don't see a bunch of handles on nodes in a 
directory branch -- just the one .deb file.


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