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Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Cygwin vs MSYS [WAS: Making config.guess detect mingw64 platform?]
- From: Chiheng Xu <chiheng dot xu at gmail dot com>
- To: Eric Blake <eblake at redhat dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:09:32 +0800
- Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Cygwin vs MSYS [WAS: Making config.guess detect mingw64 platform?]
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On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 08/09/2010 07:19 PM, Chiheng Xu wrote:
>> As far as I know, Cygwin now use Windows shortcut to implement
>> symlink. This work well with native apps.
>
> Not true. ÂCygwin can read windows shortcuts as symlinks, but does not
> generate windows shortcuts to hold new symlinks because windows
> shortcuts are inherently limited in such a way that they cannot serve as
> true POSIX symlinks.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link#Cygwin_symbolic_links
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Chiheng Xu
Wuhan,China
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