Re: [Bug-tar] compiling tar cvs using mingw

[Gerry Reno]

Sergey,
  Ok, I will await the convenience lib.  I finally managed to hack it
into submission but the following changes would help:

lib/waitpid.c:
  add #include <sys/types.h>

lib/:
  add pwd.h and grp.h

src/buffer.c:
  adding the write_archive_buffer code that you sent.

src/system.h:
include the following line in MSDOS section after '# include <io.h>'
#define mkdir(file, mode) (mkdir) (file)


  Now there is a runtime issue when I try to create an archive:
D:\Temp>d:\cygwin\home\greno\dev\gnu\tar\src\tar -cvf
d:\temp\firstest1.tar test.*
d:\cygwin\home\greno\dev\gnu\tar\src\tar: d\:\\temp\\firstest1.tar:
Cannot open: Input/output error  (notice the d\: construct)

but if I shorten the archive name to 6 chars before the dot or less
then it works ok:
D:\Temp>d:\cygwin\home\greno\dev\gnu\tar\src\tar -cvf
d:\temp\ftest1.tar test.*
test.bat
test.bks
D:\Temp>

  Is there something magic about 6 chars before the dot?  Can you look
and see if this could be fixed?

thx,
Gerry Reno


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