On Jul 4 08:21, Ryan Johnson wrote: > However, I was wrong about not seeing the problem since. Choosing a > random source dir to blow away: > >$ rm -rf Python-2.6.6 > >rm: cannot remove `Python-2.6.6/Lib/lib2to3/tests': Directory not empty > >$ rm -rf Python-2.6.6 > >$ > > This seems to happen more than half the time (different non-empty > dir every time). Naturally, running under strace makes the problem > go away (it doesn't help that strace kills stderr, where any error > messages might have gone). > > Running the following command 10x: > > $ tar -xaf Python-2.6.6.tar.bz2 && sleep 3 && (rm -rf Python-2.6.6 > || (echo 'Retrying...' && rm -rf Python-2.6.6)) > > I get six times with no error, two times with one error, one time > each with two and three errors.
I tried this(*) with Cygwin 1.7.9 as well as with the latest from CVS on 2K8R2 and it just works. In a VM. > I'm currently updating and rebuilding my cygwin sources to try out > your patch... Thanks. I'm just installing W7 64 on real hardware and I'll try again as soon as the boring install-windows/update-windows/configure-windows/ install-cygwin/configure-cygwin process is finished. Corinna (*) I used Python-2.6.5.tar.bz2, not 2.6.6, but I can't believe that's the reason I don't see the problem... -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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