On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 06:49:09PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: >Greetings, > >I see that "rm -rf" on a directory sometimes fails, like here: > >|>>> Creating source package >| fetchmail-6.3.19-1.cygport >| fetchmail-6.3.19-1.cygwin.patch >| fetchmail-6.3.19.tar.bz2 >|>>> Removing work directory in 5 seconds... >|>>> Removing work directory NOW. >| rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/fetchmail-6.3.19-1/inst/usr/share/locale/da': >Directory not empty >| Command exited with non-zero status 1 > >Alternatively, you get "...in use" for an error, however, in this case, it >appears that the corresponding syscall triggered by rm(1) had already returned >but the file wasn't fully removed from the directory yet. > >I've seen this happen for a while now. This happens sporadically, and retrying >the operation usually succeeds, so it matters less in an interactive shell. >However, this often breaks scripts, in this case, cygport. > >This looks like either a premature return from a syscall or libcall, or like a >genuine race in the system. > >In case it matters, this is >- Windows 7 Prof. 32-bit German >- with Sophos Endpoint Security and Control ver. 9 and >- Microsoft Windows Defender. >- coreutils 8.5-2 >- uname -a: > CYGWIN_NT-6.1 somehost 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010-08-31 09:58 i686 Cygwin > > >Has anyone seen similar things?
Yes and you seem to have nailed the problem - it happens when a virus checker hooks into a syscall and allows it to return before completion. I don't think we want to modify Cygwin to not trust success return values from system calls. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
