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Subject:	Re: DLL 1.3.22 - etags 5.5.4 fails on XP Pro
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From:	jeff DOT rancier AT softechnics DOT com (Jeffery B. Rancier)
Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:14:27 -0400
In-Reply-To:	<3F1EC726.5040609@cygwin.com> (Larry Hall's message of "Wed, 23
	Jul 2003 13:34:30 -0400")
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Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com> writes:

> It's not a bug, unless you consider a Windows program not being able to
> understand Cygwin symbolic links a bug.  I don't think there is much
> chance of changing Windows to permit all applications a proper understanding
> though.

I see.  Why does it work at all, then?  I renamed my emacs version of
etags to ensure that I was running cygwin's.

> I'm surprised you don't see this all of the time when invoked in NTEmacs.
> Regardless, it would never work, even if it doesn't complain.  Use
> Cygwin's emacs, ctags directly, or some emacs lisp wizardry to resolve
> this issue.

First time I've ever seen it is three years.


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