X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:47:11 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.5.19+: symlink bug Message-ID: <20060203154711.GF15572@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <020320061506 DOT 16175 DOT 43E371890007264300003F2F22073007930A050E040D0C079D0A AT comcast DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <020320061506.16175.43E371890007264300003F2F22073007930A050E040D0C079D0A@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Feb 3 15:06, Eric Blake wrote: > > > Creating links with the same name, but with and without a .exe extension > > > succeeds, but the one with no extension is later ignored. Here's a > > > minimal example: > > > > > Did you try this with the latest coreutils 5.93-3? > > I just reproduced with stock cygwin 1.5.19 and coreutils 5.93-3. The > behavior is the same, and it is cygwin doing it. It appears that when > both TESTLINK.lnk and TESTLINK.exe.lnk exist, lstat("TESTLINK") > is picking up the contents of TESTLINK.exe.lnk rather than the > contents of TESTLINK.lnk. I have prepared a patch which eliminates this problem, and I'll apply it soon, but nevertheless, I'm not exaclty happy with coreutils symlink handling. If a TESTLINK exist, it shouldn't allow to create a TESTLINK.exe symlink, really. I know that this should actually be handled in Cygwin, and I have a patch in the backyard which adds transparent .exe handling to Cygwin, but this is a big behavioral change and we must proceed carefully with that. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/