Patrick Lauer wrote:

>The problem here is that Cygwin is incapable of parsing all filenames that 
>are valid in Linux. RSYNC_EXCLUDE is the "easy" way out. Restricting filenames
>would work too. 
>
>The only ebuild I can remember that had this problem was a CFEngine
>module
>- maybe this is no longer a problem?
>
>For patched ebuilds I'd prefer a cygwin-only repo until basic stuff
>works, 
>no need to stuff another broken arch into the tree. Especially the
>insane 
>gcc patches and the "new" libc should be kept away from the rest.
>
>wkr,
>Patrick
>  
>

The easy way out is to use a managed mount, just a simple mount for 
/usr/portage. However, so far I have not seen the ":" problem. I grep-ed 
portage for illegal characters and could not find any, so as Patrick 
said it, it may be a non issue now..

The main problem seems to be that rsync is broken, which other users 
have reported to the Cygwin email list.

Patrick, who is in charge here. I want to start making changes, and need 
advice as the the bests way to approach it.


Trevor

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