X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Message-id: <4C067192.5030101@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:58:26 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7: Accessing (local) junctions via SMB References: <20100526142503.GL10652@calimero.vinschen.de> In-reply-to: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 6/2/2010 5:53 AM, Mario Küchler wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > (...) >> In contrast, the behaviour of Cygwin 1.7, which is to read the actual >> reparse point content and treat it as symlinks, does not make sense for >> remote reparse points, apparently. Only the remote system knows how to >> treat them correctly. So I just applied a patch to Cygwin. > > Great! Can you already estimate when this patched version will be > released? In a parallel universe, it is already released and receiving rave reviews. ;-) In this universe, you'll have to be content with a snapshot for the time being. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple