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bug #64820: [MXE Octave] copyfile doesn't work with Umlauts in path on Windows

Submitter:  mspo
Submitted:  Thu 26 Oct 2023 03:37:07 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Unexpected Error or Warning
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 8.3.0 Operating System:  * Microsoft Windows
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 16 Nov 2023 01:25:10 PM UTC, comment #14: 

I downloaded and installed `octave-2023-11-16-00-12-default-w64-installer.exe` from buildbot.octave.space.
With it, I can no longer reproduce the issue from comment #0.

Thank you again for the fix.

Closing report.

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Wed 15 Nov 2023 04:03:21 PM UTC, comment #13: 

If no binaries are being generated for it anymore, I would imagine there are few or no people who are going to building mxe-octave to get a version for 32bit

 John Donoghue <lostbard>
Group Member
Wed 15 Nov 2023 02:24:28 PM UTC, comment #12: 

Thank you for the quick fix. 👍

I'll try to test when a new build from buildbot.octave.space is ready.

Maybe, it's time to drop support for Windows 32-bit in MXE Octave entirely?

 Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Wed 15 Nov 2023 02:02:26 PM UTC, comment #11: 

https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/rev/4cdb86978778

 John Donoghue <lostbard>
Group Member
Wed 15 Nov 2023 12:28:51 PM UTC, comment #10: 

Ok - that makes sense - currently we are the highest version is in both the i686 and x86_64 repos

I could make it use a diff version for x86_64 vs i686

 John Donoghue <lostbard>
Group Member
Tue 14 Nov 2023 11:21:54 PM UTC, comment #9: 

I should have written that I tested with Octave installed with `octave-2023-11-14-00-09-default-w64-installer.exe` which I downloaded from buildbot.octave.space.
That was built from the default branch of MXE Octave. Afaict, that currently has the msys2-runtime version 3.3.6-6.

I overwrote the file with an updated version from MSYS2. That currently is at 3.4.9-2:
https://packages.msys2.org/base/msys2-runtime

 Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Tue 14 Nov 2023 09:35:14 PM UTC, comment #8: 

Also note that msys2 is updated in the dev branch of our mxe repo, but not in the release version

So that may already have been 'fixed'

 John Donoghue <lostbard>
Group Member
Tue 14 Nov 2023 09:33:29 PM UTC, comment #7: 

There should already be a /usr/bin/msys-2.0.dll from the msys2 repos so the question is perhaps why did one work vs the other ?

Im guessing a different version of the dll ? Can you work out the version of the package it came from ?

 John Donoghue <lostbard>
Group Member
Tue 14 Nov 2023 07:40:08 PM UTC, comment #6: 

It started working after I copied `msys-2.0.dll` from the /usr/bin folder of MSYS2 to the /usr/bin folder of Octave for Windows.

@lostbard: Is this something that we could update in MXE Octave?

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Tue 14 Nov 2023 07:07:02 PM UTC, comment #5: 

I started Octave for Windows (version 8.4.0 as distributed by Octave). A copyfile command containing non-ASCII characters failed.

I then replaced the /usr/bin folder from Octave for Windows in the PATH variable with /usr/bin from MSYS2. Now, copyfile successfully copied files containing non-ASCII characters.

So, it's likely none of the "native Windows" parts that differ. But something of the "Cygwin" parts...

The shell is a different version:
With /usr/bin from MSYS2:

>> system('sh --version')
GNU bash, version 5.2.15(2)-release (x86_64-pc-msys)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
ans = 0


With /usr/bin from Octave for Windows 8.4.0:

>> system('sh --version')
GNU bash, version 5.2.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-msys)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
ans = 0


`cp` itself is the same in both:

>> system('cp --version')
cp (GNU coreutils) 8.32
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
ans = 0


I don't know what actually matters for this though...

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Tue 14 Nov 2023 06:39:52 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I checked with Octave as distributed by MSYS2 for their MINGW64 environment.
With that version, non-ASCII characters are working with copyfile.
So, it is likely not an issue with Octave itself (or bug #59572). But it is likely caused by some other package that is distributed as part of Octave for Windows.

Re-opening report.

 Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Fri 10 Nov 2023 10:22:09 AM UTC, comment #3: 

I can confirm the error with a build from the default branch on Windows.

I thought I remembered that I had a look at the `system` function with non-ASCII characters in the past. And indeed, it looks like you came across the part of bug #59572 that is still missing.

Closing this report as a duplicate of the older one.

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Wed 01 Nov 2023 09:49:58 AM UTC, comment #2: 

I downloaded https://www.octave.space/data/stable/677/octave-2023-11-01-00-12-default-w64-installer.exe and tried the same line. I get the same error.

 mspo
Sat 28 Oct 2023 09:08:32 AM UTC, comment #1: 

The `cp.exe` binary that is distributed with Octave for Windows is adopted from the MSYS2 project.

Could you please check if this is still an issue with a build from the default branch of MXE Octave? You can download pre-built binaries from that branch from here:
https://buildbot.octave.space/#/download

Use one of the installers with `-default-` in their file name.

The default branch bundles a newer version of that binary from MSYS2.

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Thu 26 Oct 2023 03:37:07 PM UTC, original submission:  

I have to work with a few directories containing umlauts [öäü]. When using copyfile to copy files from there to elsewhere it doesn't work:

[s, m] = copyfile('C:\Täst\Neues Textdokument.txt', 'C:\Neues Textdokument.txt')

This gives me

cp: cannot stat '"C:/T'$'\303\244''st/Neues Textdokument.txt"': No such file or directory
s = 0
m =

The Octave cp.exe seems to be the problem here. I'm using Windows 10 22H2 in German.

 mspo

 

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        Summarycopyfile doesn't work with Umlauts in path on Windows [MXE Octave] copyfile doesn't work with Umlauts in path on Windows
    2023-11-10 mmuetzel Item GroupNone Unexpected Error or Warning
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        Summary[MXE Octave] copyfile doesn't work with Umlauts in path copyfile doesn't work with Umlauts in path on Windows
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