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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:09:32 +0800
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Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Cygwin vs MSYS [WAS: Making config.guess 	detect mingw64 platform?]
From: Chiheng Xu <chiheng DOT xu AT gmail DOT com>
To: Eric Blake <eblake AT redhat DOT com>
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On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Eric Blake <eblake AT redhat DOT com> wrote:
> On 08/09/2010 07:19 PM, Chiheng Xu wrote:
>> As far as I know, Cygwin now use Windows shortcut to implement
>> symlink. This work well with native apps.
>
> Not true. =C2=A0Cygwin can read windows shortcuts as symlinks, but does n=
ot
> generate windows shortcuts to hold new symlinks because windows
> shortcuts are inherently limited in such a way that they cannot serve as
> true POSIX symlinks.
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link#Cygwin_symbolic_links



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Chiheng Xu
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