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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Mark R." <mcr2z AT cs DOT virginia DOT edu>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <200307012134 DOT h61LYMpK002558 AT ares DOT cs DOT Virginia DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: Why do symlinks need to be system files
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 23:03:34 +0100
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Mark R. wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been busy attempting to use WinInstaller LE to create an MSI package
> of cygwin so we can automatically deploy a customized build for our
> department. This works for the most part, however when I deploy this to a
> windows XP machine, all of the symlinks are broken. Ex/ vi doesn't work,
> however vim does.
> 
> When I tracked down the problem, it appears that symlinks require the
> "system file" attribute to be set. Does anyone know why this is?

Because that's part of how Cygwin recognizes them as symlinks.

Max.


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