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From:	"Walter L." <bournenoir AT hotmail DOT com>
To:	"Linda Walsh" <cygwin AT tlinx DOT org>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Issues encountered with new Cygwin version
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:21:47 -0400
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> > > > > I believe the target of the symlink should be "protocol" (i.e.
> > > > > singular)
> > > >
> > > > Err. That is. How did no one found it earlier?
> > > ---
> > >     Because it is plural on unix/linux?  MS seems to have misspelt it?
> >
> > I believe it's "misspelt" due to the 8 character limit for legacy file
> > names,
> ---
> How would that affect 'services'?

Sorry, you lost me. 'services' has 8 characters in the file name and so is
its symlink target; That shouldn't be an issue. Of the 4 symlinks under
/etc/ (i.e. networks, hosts, services, and protocols), only 'protocols'
exceeds the 8 character limit and hence the actual target file in
Windows/System32/drivers/etc/ is 'protocol'. NOTE: I'm talking about the
*target* file not the symlinks themselves, which are fine.

~WL 


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