[Bug-cpio] Re: cpio bug?

[David Chen]

Hi  - 

Sorry but I think I should mention a very important info:

cpio v2.6 was downloaded from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/cpio.htm

whereas cpio v2.8 and v2.9 were from cygwin.





On Oct 26, 2010, at 7:27 PM, David Chen wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Here's the cpio v2.6 error when running on Win7 64-bit.   As you can see on 
> Win7x64 it doesn't take options (-d or -u or whatever, except for -iop are 
> ok).  But if I pass in the explicit form for the options then it's okay.  See 
> snapshot attached.
> 
> No such problem occurs on XP 32-bit.
> 
> No such problem with cpio v2.8 and v2.9.
> 
> Is this a known bug?   Looking at the Release notes 
> (http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/cpio.html#releases), I don't see any 
> mentioning of this problem/fix.
> 
> Would you mind letting me know if this is an known issue with v2.6 running on 
> Win7 64-bit and if the expected workaround is to use the explicit form for 
> the options instead of abbreviated form.  Thanks!
> 
> And it would be great if I could get the changes/release notes that mention 
> fixes for this problem.  Thanks for your help!
> 
> 
> 
> <Screen shot 2010-10-26 at 7.13.00 PM.png>
> 
> 
> <Screen shot 2010-10-26 at 7.15.56 PM.png>
> 
> 
>

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