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From:	Sam Steingold <sds AT gnu DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: bug: hard links to soft links do not work
Date:	01 Aug 2002 14:35:43 -0400
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> * In message <20020801182416 DOT GD26315 AT redhat DOT com>
> * On the subject of "Re: bug: hard links to soft links do not work"
> * Sent on Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:24:16 -0400
> * Honorable Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> writes:
>
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 02:19:11PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
> >cygwin does not handle hard and soft links together:
> >
> >$ echo "foo" > foo
> >$ ln foo 1
> >$ cat 1
> >foo                             ; GOOD!
> >$ ln -s 1 2
> >$ cat 2
> >foo                             ; GOOD!
> >$ ln 2 3
> >$ cat 3
> ><some binary data instead of "foo">
> >$
> >
> >I.e., hard links to soft links do not work.
> 
> Funny, when I try this on linux, I get:
> 
>   % ln 2 3
>   ln: `2': warning: making a hard link to a symbolic link is not portable

indeed - but it works on linux as expected.
cygwin should either barf of DTRT.
I take your reply to mean that this is not getting changed.
Thanks.

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