I am trying to compile gcc (and later ghdl) and it seems that certain files are inaccessible to cygwin, while easily accessed from non-cygwin applications. I installed another disk and formatted it FAT32 as a workaround right now, but what might the problem be or where can I start researching this one?
cygcheck availble upon request, setup installed most upto date copy minutes ago. Problem repeated on two separate machines and different accounts (administrator and user). Details follow, TIA Jason Pyeron bash-3.2$ cd /usr/src/ bash-3.2$ ls -al total 0 drwxrwx---+ 2 HP_Administrator Users 0 Aug 2 11:03 . drwxrwx---+ 18 HP_Administrator Users 0 Aug 2 11:02 .. Run setup.exe, select gcc sources bash-3.2$ ls -al ls: cannot access gcc-ada-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory ls: cannot access gcc-core-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory ls: cannot access gcc-g++-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory ls: cannot access gcc-g77-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory ls: cannot access gcc-gdc-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory ls: cannot access gcc-gpc-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory ls: cannot access gcc-java-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory ls: cannot access gcc-objc-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory total 29888 drwxrwxrwx+ 10 HP_Administrator Users 0 Aug 2 13:08 . drwxrwx---+ 18 HP_Administrator Users 0 Aug 2 11:02 .. -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 561081 Dec 17 2006 gcc-3.4.4-3.patch -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 31596 Dec 17 2006 gcc-3.4.4-3.sh ??????????? ? ? ? ? ? gcc-ada-3.4.4-3.README -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 3460438 Dec 17 2006 gcc-ada-3.4.4.tar.bz2 ??????????? ? ? ? ? ? gcc-core-3.4.4-3.README -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 13153342 Dec 17 2006 gcc-core-3.4.4.tar.bz2 ??????????? ? ? ? ? ? gcc-g++-3.4.4-3.README -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 2474402 Dec 17 2006 gcc-g++-3.4.4.tar.bz2 ??????????? ? ? ? ? ? gcc-g77-3.4.4-3.README -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 903110 Dec 17 2006 gcc-g77-3.4.4.tar.bz2 ??????????? ? ? ? ? ? gcc-gdc-3.4.4-3.README -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 851625 Dec 17 2006 gcc-gdc-3.4.4.tar.bz2 ??????????? ? ? ? ? ? gcc-gpc-3.4.4-3.README -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 2672937 Dec 17 2006 gcc-gpc-3.4.4.tar.bz2 ??????????? ? ? ? ? ? gcc-java-3.4.4-3.README -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 4697400 Dec 17 2006 gcc-java-3.4.4.tar.bz2 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nli Users 0 Aug 2 13:07 gcc-mingw-ada-20050522-1 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nli Users 0 Aug 2 13:07 gcc-mingw-core-20050522-1 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nli Users 0 Aug 2 13:07 gcc-mingw-g++-20050522-1 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nli Users 0 Aug 2 13:07 gcc-mingw-g77-20050522-1 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nli Users 0 Aug 2 13:07 gcc-mingw-gdc-20050522-1 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nli Users 0 Aug 2 13:07 gcc-mingw-gpc-20040810-1 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nli Users 0 Aug 2 13:07 gcc-mingw-java-20050522-1 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 nli Users 0 Aug 2 13:08 gcc-mingw-objc-20050522-1 ??????????? ? ? ? ? ? gcc-objc-3.4.4-3.README -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 212330 Dec 17 2006 gcc-objc-3.4.4.tar.bz2 -rwxrwxrwx 1 nli Users 1556480 Aug 2 13:08 gcc-testsuite-3.4.4.tar.bz2 bash-3.2$ cacls gcc-core-3.4.4-3.README C:\cygwin\usr\src\gcc-core-3.4.4-3.README Everyone:F bash-3.2$ cat gcc-core-3.4.4-3.README cat: gcc-core-3.4.4-3.README: No such file or directory bash-3.2$ cacls . C:\cygwin\usr\src Everyone:(OI)(CI)F bash-3.2$ cmd /c 'type gcc-core-3.4.4-3.README' | wc -l 569 bash-3.2$ -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/