Re: stow: ERROR: canon_path: cannot chdir to "/opt/stow" from /Users/me

Adam Spiers <[email protected]> Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:34:19 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.stow.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Stephane,

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 02:37:11PM +0200, Stephane Plaisance | VIB | wrot=
e:
>Although stow worked few days ago it now refuses to register a new app
>
># eg
>cd /opt/stow
># a folder newapp is there with subfolder bin and more
>sudo stow -D newapp
># returns:
>stow: ERROR: canon_path: cannot chdir to "/opt/stow=E2=80=9D from "/opt/=
stow=E2=80=9D
># which would look like easy to me!
>
>What did I do wrong since install?
>
>my conf file is:
>
># /Users/me/.stowrc
>--dir=3D/opt/stow
>--target=3D/usr/local

Sorry for the really slow reply.  I can't reproduce this.  Please
could you re-run including the option -v5 to get debug info, and paste
the output?

Thanks,
Adam