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Re: cygwin: t3200-branch.sh fails with "List form of pipe open not implemented at -e line 22."

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 15, 2005, 21:18 UTC
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H. Peter Anvin, Fri, Oct 14, 2005 19:57:29 +0200:
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> >Now, how broken is that:
> >
> >The message comes from one of the hooks, which are executed even
> >though they never meant to, because cygwin apparently uses file
> >content or name to detect executability (on FAT).
> >
> >I just remove the hooks from repositories atm.
> 
> I think the bottom line is "don't use FAT".
>

I'm afraid I have to. NTFS isn't much better (newly created files still have no correct attribute) and is slower (sometimes much slower). Not that I have a choice, anyway: it's a typical corporate workstation locked as down as possible.

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  3. H. Peter AnvinOct 14, 2005
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  5. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2005
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