Possible Bug or limitation in Cygwin 1.7 and Rsync and file number limit

Wed Jul 1 18:36:00 GMT 2009

>> On Jul 1 07:36, Lists wrote:
>>>> I tried it 6 times in a row, every time erasing the destination files.
>>>> Works fine for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Corinna
>>>>>>> Perhaps you have hit upon the problem. I am just downloading and 
>>> running
>>> setup-1.7.exe and it definetly has this problem. I tried to download 
>>> and
>>>> Setup-1.7.exe can't have this problem. What you mean is the Cygwin DLL.
>>>>> build it from CVS as you did but I have never done that before and for
>>> some reason it isn't working. I'm not even sure if I am downloading 
>>> code
>>>> What are you trying to download and build from CVS? Setup or Cygwin?
>>>>> for v1.5 or v1.7 but when I follow the instructions under the FAX, it
>>>> No idea what you mean. When you use Setup-1.7 you'll download the 1.7
>> packages. When you download CVS HEAD, you'll download the 1.7 sources.
>>>>> won't build. So when will the latest changes be incorporated in the
>>> version downloaded in the setup-1.7.exe because it defintely has this
>>> problem. I have no doubt about it.
>>>> That's fine, but unless I can reproduce it, I can't fix it. You could
>> try to debug it yourself. There's GDB, strace, and sources for 
>> everything.
>>>>> problem. I have no doubt about it. Or, is there somewhere else I can
>>> find a pre-built version of the latest CVS cygwin1.dll?
>>>> http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
>>>>>> Corinna
>>> In your earlier reply, you said that you used the latest cygwin from CVS 
> and that is not what I am using. I am using the cygwin that installs 
> after running setup-1.7.exe on the web site. I don't know if they are the 
> same. I do know that the one I am using has this problem as I have 
> reproduced it far too many times.
>> By the way, when I try to build it from CVS, I get the following:
>> cc1: /oss/src/newlib/libc/argz/dummy.c: No such file or directory
> cc1: /oss/src/newlib/libc/argz/dummy.c: No such file or directory
> cc1: /oss/src/newlib/libc/argz/dummy.c: No such file or directory
> cc1: /oss/src/newlib/libc/argz/dummy.c: No such file or directory
> cc1: /oss/src/newlib/libc/argz/dummy.c: No such file or directory
> cc1: /oss/src/newlib/libc/argz/dummy.c: No such file or directory
> make[5]: *** [lib_a-dummy.o] Error 1
> make[5]: Leaving directory `/oss/build/i686-pc-cygwin/newlib/libc/argz'
> make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/oss/build/i686-pc-cygwin/newlib/libc'
> make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/oss/build/i686-pc-cygwin/newlib'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/oss/build/i686-pc-cygwin/newlib'
> make[1]: *** [all-target-newlib] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/oss/build'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>> - Kyle

I just discovered some additional information that may help get to the 
bottom of this. Not sure what made me think of this, but I decided to try 
an older version of rsync. If I run rsync 3.0.4-1 or 3.0.5-1, I experience 
the problem. However, when I run 2.6.9-2, the only other version of rsync I 
can find built specifically for cygwin 1.7, the problem goes away and all 
works fine?
By the way Corinna, in case I didn't say it before, thank you very much for 
trying to help out and for the time you spend on this project!
- Kyle
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