https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=2b28977149b1e8858b597890906f21cdecde84ce

commit 2b28977149b1e8858b597890906f21cdecde84ce
Author: Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Nov 15 20:31:51 2021 +0100

    Cygwin: set the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE DOS attribute on file creation
    
    Do this for normal files and symlinks, not for temporary files,
    device files or unix sockets.
    
    Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]>

Diff:
---
 winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc | 2 +-
 winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc   | 3 ++-
 winsup/cygwin/path.cc       | 4 ++--
 winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.3 | 4 ++++
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index a914110fe..eccddd780 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ cygwin_exception::open_stackdumpfile ()
       NTSTATUS status;
       /* Try to open it to dump the stack in it. */
       status = NtCreateFile (&h, GENERIC_WRITE | SYNCHRONIZE, &attr, &io,
-                            NULL, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0, FILE_OVERWRITE_IF,
+                            NULL, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE, 0, FILE_OVERWRITE_IF,
                             FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT
                             | FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT, NULL, 0);
       if (NT_SUCCESS (status))
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
index 2a07e6cf9..4e708595a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
@@ -649,7 +649,8 @@ fhandler_base::open (int flags, mode_t mode)
 
       if (flags & (O_CREAT | O_TMPFILE))
        {
-         file_attributes |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL;
+         file_attributes |= (flags & O_TMPFILE)
+                            ? FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL : FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE;
 
          if (pc.fs_is_nfs ())
            {
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index baf04ce89..2cf9de9ef 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ symlink_wsl (const char *oldpath, path_conv 
&win32_newpath)
   status = NtCreateFile (&fh, DELETE | FILE_GENERIC_WRITE
                             | READ_CONTROL | WRITE_DAC,
                         win32_newpath.get_object_attr (attr, sec_none_nih),
-                        &io, NULL, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+                        &io, NULL, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE,
                         FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS, FILE_CREATE,
                         FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT
                         | FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE
@@ -2264,7 +2264,7 @@ symlink_worker (const char *oldpath, path_conv 
&win32_newpath, bool isdevice)
 
       status = NtCreateFile (&fh, access,
                             win32_newpath.get_object_attr (attr, sec_none_nih),
-                            &io, NULL, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+                            &io, NULL, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE,
                             FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS,
                             isdevice ? FILE_OVERWRITE_IF : FILE_CREATE,
                             FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.3 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.3
index 2ad28d465..1eb25e2fc 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.3
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.3.3
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 - Fix showing DLL version info from native Windows tools.
   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-November/249867.html
+
+- Fix long-standing problem that new files don't get created with the
+  FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE DOS attribute set.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-November/249909.html

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