Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:11:04 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: 1.5 symlinks not readable in 1.7
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On Aug 26 10:22, Paul McFerrin wrote:
> Sorry for re-submission.  Forgot the attachment.
> 
> I've been working for months on this problem since 1.7 went official..
> 
> I'm runningWin XP Pro sp3 on an all NTFS filesystems.  I was a beta
> tester for several months before 1.7 went official.  In all of my
> testing as beta, my 1.5 symlinks worked in both 1.5 and 1.7.  After
> (or during) the 1.7 becoming official, my many 1.5 symlinks were no
> longer working.  I have spent considerable time attempting to find
> and fix these 1.5 created symlinks (300+ total) I was quite taken
> back that such a major change would be thrown in at the last minute.
> Mabe it was just an oversight.

And you actually waited 8 months before reporting it???

> I am quoting from web page titled:               What's new and what
> changed in Cygwin 1.7
>           Chapter 1. Cygwin Overview
> 
> In one of the bullet items on the first page, it states :
>   Cygwin 1.7 can read all old style symlinks, but the new style is
> not compatible with older Cygwin releases.
> 
> If this is true, then why am I having these problems now, a few
> months after 1.7 release?

I have not the faintest idea.  The old 1.5 symlinks still work for me,
independent of using .lnk-style symlinks (default in 1.5) or "plain
files with SYSTEM DOS attribute set"-style symlinks (CYGWIN=nowinsymlinks,
default in 1.7).

> or an I just a heavy user of symlinks?  Has anyone written a tool
> that will find and fix these 1.5 symlinks?

Are all symlinks not working?  What *exactly* is wrong or goes wrong?
Create an example so that we're on the same line as you are.  Problem
reports with testcases are infinitely more helpful than without them.


Corinna

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