In 4b8222983f (Cygwin: fix errno values set by readlinkat, 2023-04-18) the code of `readlinkat()` was adjusted to align the `errno` with Linux' behavior.
To accommodate for that, the `gen_full_path_at()` function was modified, and the caller was adjusted to expect either `ENOENT` or `ENOTDIR` in the case of an empty `pathname`, not just `ENOENT`. However, `readlinkat()` is not the only caller of that helper function. And while most other callers simply propagate the `errno` produced by `gen_full_path_at()`, two other callers also want to special-case empty `pathnames` much like `readlinkat()`: `fchmodat()` and `fstatat()`. Therefore, these two callers need to be changed to expect `ENOTDIR` in case of an empty `pathname`, too. I noticed this issue when one of my workflows failed consistently while trying to untar an archive containing a symbolic link and claiming this: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-x: Not a directory With this here fix, things start working as expected again. Fixes: 4b8222983f (Cygwin: fix errno values set by readlinkat, 2023-04-18) Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> --- Published-As: https://github.com/dscho/msys2-runtime/releases/tag/fix-tar-xf-with-symlinks-cygwin-v2 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/dscho/msys2-runtime fix-tar-xf-with-symlinks-cygwin-v2 Range-diff: 1: c985ab15b2 ! 1: 072b5c57a7 fchmodat/fstatat: fix regression with empty `pathname` @@ Commit message Therefore, these two callers need to be changed to expect `ENOTDIR` in case of an empty `pathname`, too. + I noticed this issue when one of my workflows failed consistently + while trying to untar an archive containing a symbolic link and + claiming this: + + Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-x: Not a directory + + With this here fix, things start working as expected again. + + Fixes: 4b8222983f (Cygwin: fix errno values set by readlinkat, 2023-04-18) Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> ## winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc ## winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc index 73343ecc1f..c1889aec91 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc @@ -4580,7 +4580,7 @@ fchownat (int dirfd, const char *pathname, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, int flags) int res = gen_full_path_at (path, dirfd, pathname); if (res) { - if (!(errno == ENOENT && (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH))) + if (!((errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) && (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH))) __leave; /* pathname is an empty string. Operate on dirfd. */ if (dirfd == AT_FDCWD) @@ -4625,7 +4625,7 @@ fstatat (int dirfd, const char *__restrict pathname, struct stat *__restrict st, int res = gen_full_path_at (path, dirfd, pathname); if (res) { - if (!(errno == ENOENT && (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH))) + if (!((errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) && (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH))) __leave; /* pathname is an empty string. Operate on dirfd. */ if (dirfd == AT_FDCWD) base-commit: 4c7d0dfec5793cbf5cf3930b91f930479126d8ce -- 2.41.0.windows.1