File::Find fails due to chdir() limit on win32

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#76652 (status was 'open')

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From Ben.Golding@synopsys.com

Created by bgolding@synopsys.com

Errors like the following

Can't cd to C​:\Overnight/Slimer/_OLD/Fri_10_Mar_2006_3.17.03/MyInstallations/Platforms/VPTAVOR/Libraries/ZYLONITE_BASEBOARD/1.0/PROCESSOR_CARD/1.0/TAVOR_P_SOC/1.0/XScale_SS/1.0/Peripherals/PWR_CLK_Decode/1.0/Source/codebase/Release../../../../../../../../../../../../../../.. at C​:/Perl/lib/File/Find.pm line 929.

can occur when using File​::Find on Windows, if scanning a deep tree of subdirectories.

ActiveState isolated the core problem​:
http​://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=45416

The problem is with the chdir() implementation on Windows. The function fails
if the total name length is more than 260 characters (the Windows MAX_PATH
length). However, it doesn't normalize the argument first. Here is a shorter
sample that reproduces the core problem​:

#!perl
use Cwd;
$|=1;
chdir $ENV{SYSTEMROOT};
print cwd, "\n";
$dir = "system32/../" x 21;
print length($dir), "\n";
chdir($dir) or die;
print cwd, "\n";
__END__

It's not clear to me whether chdir() on Windows should be fixed, File​::Find should be modified to work around, or both.

This bug is killing File​::Find for me in some real-world use cases.

Perl Info

Flags:
    category=library
    severity=high
    module=File::Find

This perlbug was built using Perl 5.12.0 - Sun Apr 11 11:18:23 2010
It is being executed now by  Perl 5.12.1 - Sun Apr 11 11:18:23 2010.

Site configuration information for perl 5.12.1:

Configured by SYSTEM at Sun Apr 11 11:18:23 2010.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 12 subversion 0) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.00, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname=''
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='C:/Cygwin/bin/gcc.exe', ccflags ='-DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.4 (cygming special) (gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='C:\Cygwin\bin\g++.exe', ldflags ='-L"C:\Perl\lib\CORE"'
    libpth=\lib
    libs=-lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 -lmsvcrt
    perllibs=-lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32 -lmsvcrt
    libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=perl512.lib
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-mdll -L"C:\Perl\lib\CORE"'

Locally applied patches:
    ACTIVEPERL_LOCAL_PATCHES_ENTRY


@INC for perl 5.12.1:
    C:/Perl/site/lib
    C:/Perl/lib
    .


Environment for perl 5.12.1:
    CYGWIN_ROOT=C:\Cygwin
    HOME (unset)
    LANG=en_US.ASCII
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo IDE 5\;C:\Program Files\PC Connectivity Solution\;C:\Perl\site\bin;C:\Perl\bin;C:\Perl\bin;C:\Perl\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Qt\3.3.2\bin;C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks;C:\Program Files\jEdit;C:\Cygwin\usr\gnuarm\bin;C:\Cygwin\bin;C:\Cygwin\usr\mips-lite\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14\bin;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program Files\Novell\SecureLogin;C:\Program Files\Rational\common;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\DivX Shared\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    PERL_HOME=C:\Perl\bin
    SHELL (unset)

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From @avar

Does no_chdir => 1 work as a workaround?

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The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

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From justincase@yopmail.com

On Thu Jul 22 05​:32​:01 2010, avarab@​gmail.com wrote​:

Does no_chdir => 1 work as a workaround?

Using no_chdir => 1 worked for me when I encountered this problem today
in Perl 5.8.8, but I only needed to build a list of files.

Looks like ActiveState identified this problem in 2006.