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Date:	Mon, 1 Apr 2019 11:27:41 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Can't create symbolic links in child directories
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On Mar 31 19:24, Matt D. wrote:
> This works:
>=20
> > touch a
> > ln -s a b
>=20
> This no longer works:
>=20
> > touch a
> > mkdir b
> > ln -s a b/c
>=20
> Error:
>=20
> ln: failed to create symbolic link 'b/c': No such file or directory
>=20
> My CYGWIN environment is also configured using "winsymlinks:nativestrict".

I'm pretty sure this never worked.  Consider what "nativestrict" means.
The target has to exist to allow the native symlink being created
type-correct.  In your example the target doesn't exist:

  ln -s a b/c

means, c points to a.  So a is expected in the same directory as c.
So looking from the point of the current directory the symlink
b/c is supposed to point to the file b/a.  Which doesn't exist.
Which lets symlinking with nativestrict fail.  "winsymlinks:native"
will work, albeit creating a Cygwin symlink then.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
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