X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Original-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: cygwin@cygwin.com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 2AF693858031 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=nexgo.de Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nexgo.de DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nexgo.de; s=vfde-smtpout-mb-15sep; t=1626365905; bh=GAw9VrXBOTf3yuh2K9oTwFW+mHTgJUgumrAfuaEZa1Q=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To; b=QhqgLQaQdJxPd5u9TD8U/hA+d0u2U44qAp6Ti3v0fMelrV2hdWsj56gGpJenqdztL ZhabbMR1tpLP5f+xqSTMMSEQtE0IZIU/r7bMER7+7HKA6SO4a7bSxVxHd0gZdIjFLK BgwvVdKsHshLDjKK1oz7C4VADyd65NcZ1CH+k3aY= From: ASSI To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Setup shows errors from gnuplot-base.dash and python38-devel.sh References: <87sg0g67o7.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <56b09345-e2a9-ed55-1627-421261ecd756@cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 18:18:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Doug Henderson via Cygwin's message of "Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:04:13 -0600") Message-ID: <87fswfzh2q.fsf@Otto.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-purgate-type: clean X-purgate-Ad: Categorized by eleven eXpurgate (R) http://www.eleven.de X-purgate: This mail is considered clean (visit http://www.eleven.de for further information) X-purgate: clean X-purgate-size: 1076 X-purgate-ID: 155817::1626365905-00000B26-9674280D/0/0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3032.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: cygwin-bounces+archive-cygwin=delorie.com@cygwin.com Sender: "Cygwin" Doug Henderson via Cygwin writes: > Alternatives does not work correctly when CYGWIN=nativestrict. Perhaps > it is trying to create a link before the link target exists. Unlike > Linux, Windows does not allow creating symbolic links to non-existent > targets. Which is one reason why Windows symlinks are not POSIX symlinks. The real reason is that you need to need to tell Windows whether you're pointing the symlink at a directory or a file when the target does not yet exist. > Am I the only person that uses "CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict" ??? Well, you should certainly pay more attention to where, when and how it breaks. It papers over one of the differences between the POSIX and Windows world, but creates another gap elsewhere. This is exactly why I have backed out the commit that uses the CYGWIN environment variable in setup.exe. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptations for KORG EX-800 and Poly-800MkII V0.9: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KorgSDada -- 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