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Re: cp (coreutils) 5.2.1 Corrupts Binary File
Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha <at> cs.nyu.edu> writes:
> Two more (probably easier) ways:
> 1) Run setup.exe and select "Unix line endings"; then select the "Keep"
> mode (switch to the "Partial" view to make sure no packages will get
> installed), and complete the installation. The mounts will be switched.
> 2) From a bash prompt in /bin, run
>
> PATH="$PATH:." eval "`mount -m | grep ' -t ' | sed 's/ -t / -b /'`"
>
> (Google for "cygwin remount binary").
> HTH,
> Igor
Hi Corinna and Igor,
FYI, a co-worker tried a newer version of coreutils and it solved the issue.
In my case, I just re-ran Setup.exe specifying the Unix mode and it solved the
issue (i.e. still using the coreutils that I used to use).
Thank you for the support.
Regards,
Vincent
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