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Re: [x86_64 on W7] Cannot remove cygwin root directory


> There is an upstream packaging bug that caused two copies of the README file
> to be installed, one of which is called "README." (including the dot).  I
> guess Windows is confused by whatever Cygwin does to allow file names to
> include a dot.  But you can delete the file from a Cygwin bash shell.

Thanks a lot. I reinstalled a minimum cygwin in another directory and
could rm -rf the old cygwin root directory.
This is strange that cygwin can remove something Windows cannot...
Frédéric

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