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Re: Symbolic links not backwards-compatible


On 10/09/2009 11:52 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin Developers) wrote:
That's actually forward-compatibility (a Cygwin 1.7 feature not working
in 1.5), I expect we had the same "breakage" when we switched from the
"old-style" file symlinks to the "new style" Windows shortcuts as well. Then,
as now, I think the answer is, if you need this forward-compatibility, you'll
need to use the Windows shortcut style of symlinks (winsylinks).
                 ^
the previous style of symlink which now is the


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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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