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Problem with cygwin on smb(linux) network drive
- To: "Markus Hammele" <Markus dot Hammele at Gek dot de>
- Subject: Problem with cygwin on smb(linux) network drive
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:12:36 +0100
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- References: <sb61aaa7.075@gek.de>
On Friday 27 Jul 01, Markus Hammele writes:
> Hi.
>
> I'm trying to install cygwin on a network drive, either with unc paths or with drive letters.
>
> Assuming that M: is the network drive I try to install from M:\cygarch into M:\cygwin with SETUP.
>
> All works well up to gcc. Gcc produces a ntvdm exception when compiling which can be
> trace to cygwin's way of implementing symbolic links
>
> type libg.a
> !<symlink>libcygwin.a
>
> This way of "linking" works fine on local drives but fails on my networked drive.
>
> Any clues, hints or workarounds for this?
Read the FAQ, entry "Why don't symlinks work on samba-mounted
filesystems?". If this doesn't answer your question, let us know.
(The list, not me.)
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
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