X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Original-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
DMARC-Filter:	OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 1261A3851C25
Authentication-Results:	sourceware.org;
	dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=astrofoto.org
Authentication-Results:	sourceware.org;
	spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=roland AT astrofoto DOT org
X-Authority-Reason:	nr=8
X-Authority-Analysis:	v=2.2 cv=B/XJ6KlM c=1 sm=1 tr=0
	a=7f+4XAqqJ0zRqjcv4Gsvzg==:117 a=7f+4XAqqJ0zRqjcv4Gsvzg==:17
	a=dLZJa+xiwSxG16/P+YVxDGlgEgI=:19 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=reM5J-MqmosA:10
	a=tsE32L7UpooA:10 a=HaZmL5aw1fYkLr6sATkA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10
DKIM-Signature:	v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed;
	d=astrofoto.org; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:
	In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:From:References:To:Subject:Sender:
	Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:
	Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:
	List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive;
	bh=mwMkWTk++t5D3Tls1Lt43G/+MZy6gv7znQm+J3xkn/U=; b=VUcCCMuIyJGO1Xg5ssJfJeFkTb
	mrC191njdpXHdGtdrsyAP7KsGoE0y8e1juJ9lgO0gmbCjne9Pd/g6St3FmBK2st5EVfgKnZhuAqHJ
	4/OAabLWJIKVeUbfRdT0R53L9nOevfgwp4OnTYVTzRf78GGgDn1fhrcGk6Stjom1RX24=;
Subject:	Re: Windows 7, cygwin > 3.1.4 symlink issue
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References:	<614223b1-8418-b6f4-3911-55d557cb4728 AT astrofoto DOT org>
From:	Roland Roberts <roland AT astrofoto DOT org>
Message-ID:	<119a2d84-6862-bf96-902a-8a2a07a04dd7@astrofoto.org>
Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:27:26 -0400
User-Agent:	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101
	Thunderbird/68.12.0
MIME-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<614223b1-8418-b6f4-3911-55d557cb4728@astrofoto.org>
X-AntiAbuse:	This header was added to track abuse,
	please include it with any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse:	Primary Hostname - box925.bluehost.com
X-AntiAbuse:	Original Domain - cygwin.com
X-AntiAbuse:	Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse:	Sender Address Domain - astrofoto.org
X-BWhitelist:	no
X-Source-IP:	104.162.67.78
X-Source-L:	No
X-Exim-ID:	1kJ0V6-002ZlS-KN
X-Source:
X-Source-Args:
X-Source-Dir:
X-Source-Sender:	cpe-104-162-67-78.nyc.res.rr.com ([192.168.3.18])
	[104.162.67.78]:55725
X-Source-Auth:	roland AT astrofoto DOT org
X-Email-Count:	1
X-Source-Cap:	YXN0cm9mb3Q7YXN0cm9mb3Q7Ym94OTI1LmJsdWVob3N0LmNvbQ==
X-Local-Domain:	yes
X-Spam-Status:	No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,
	DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, NICE_REPLY_A,
	RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,
	TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2
X-Spam-Checker-Version:	SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on
	server2.sourceware.org
X-BeenThere:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-Mailman-Version:	2.1.29
List-Id:	General Cygwin discussions and problem reports <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<https://cygwin.com/mailman/options/cygwin>,
	<mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive:	<https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=help>
List-Subscribe:	<https://cygwin.com/mailman/listinfo/cygwin>,
	<mailto:cygwin-request AT cygwin DOT com?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To:	cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com
Sender:	"Cygwin" <cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com>

On 8/24/2020 5:43 PM, Roland Roberts wrote:
> I have one machine, a company machine which makes it hard to post 
> details, which is running Windows 7. We run cygwin as our development 
> environment for Java, but Java is installed as a Windows program. The 
> scripts that do the builds are bash scripts that pull down updated 
> code from svn, then run unit tests. All of the cygwin bits work fine, 
> but when Java is launched to run the unit tests, it runs into problems 
> with reading files that were created as symlinks in cygwin. Note that 
> this does *not* happen with cygwin 3.1.4, but does with higher 
> versions (up through 3.1.7).
>
> Possibly related, the permissions on installed files is odd if I roll 
> back from > 3.1.4 to 3.1.4. The files that were updated with the later 
> version can't be deleted. The permissions on, for example, an Emacs 
> upgraded under 3.1.6 or 3.1.7 show "Unknown User" when I downgrade 
> just cygwin and I can't run it. I have to upgrade cygwin, uninstall 
> Emacs, downgrade cygwin then reinstall.
>
> Other users in the company have had their machines upgraded/replaced 
> with Windows 10 and don't seem to have this issue. Eventually, mine 
> will be replaced as well, but in the meantime, later versions of 
> cygwin can't be used.

Okay, I have no idea what form of dyslexia struck me when I wrote all 
those version numbers, but I've edited the above since it wasn't 1.x but 
3.1.x

roland

--
Problem reports:      https://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                  https://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:        https://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:     https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -