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From:	Gene Pavlovsky <gene DOT pavlovsky AT gmail DOT com>
Date:	Thu, 6 Oct 2016 13:14:28 +0300
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Subject:	Re: `CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict`, `ln -s target link` fails if target doesn't exist
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On 5 October 2016 at 06:00, Rinrin <rinrin AT imbrian DOT org> wrote:
> Hi Gene:
>   I made a patch for my private use.
>   First of all, you should setup `nativenocheck` in CYGWIN environment
> variable to enable this feature.
>   If the target does not exist, it will check the last digit of target
> path, for '/' it will create a <SYMLINKD> instead of <SYMLINK>

Hi Rinrin.
I'd like to try it out, is your patch included in mainline Cygwin?
If not, how can I get a version with that patch?
Thanks.
--Gene

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