Re: skipping file `...', as it was replaced while being copied

["Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 1/10/2011 8:55 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> > From: Eric Blake
> > On 01/07/2011 01:06 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> > > Using Cygwin 1.7.7, the following behavior started recently,
> > > but I can't think of any change that may be the culprit:
> >
> > I can.  Most likely, you recently ran setup.exe and upgraded tar.
>
> Indeed. :-)
>
> > Upstream tar includes a patch to make it more picky about stat()
> > structures changing behind the scenes, that older tar was ignoring.
> > Which in turn is exposing (yet another) buggy file system that cygwin
> > needs to be taught how to work around.
>
> I'm guessing that the tar patch patched more than just tar because:
> 1) I wasn't invoking tar, just cp; and
> 2) after downgrading tar to 1.23-1, the behavior persists.
>
> How should I downgrade to previous (working) behavior?

Rerun 'setup.exe' and click on the version next to the tar package until you
see the previous one display.  Continue from there.

--
Larry

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
> > A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> > > Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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