X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:51:39 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Cygwin vs MSYS [WAS: Making config.guess detect mingw64 platform?] Message-ID: <20100812095139.GV14202@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <AANLkTin7EueWQr9Ms9iT_rUkxZFegRNNVo84G6Xu3ss3 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4C51D47F DOT 1010601 AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net> <AANLkTinSOi0bcv0wEaEuvqASxnwg7cBxHJC9VMBbkF0H AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4C51DD43 DOT 3010308 AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net> <AANLkTikguOL9gFbKe6dOL3kbZqjO7CF0ArJLby-paLAE AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <AANLkTinFHMQBnw01hUbsC9DfDiEN5HD=ZLkOaDvpJXae AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4C603A09 DOT 7060804 AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net> <AANLkTinMqLb4ZHimp749zfiQqKMTwky3iGEfa75E5j8G AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4C60B1FB DOT 20700 AT redhat DOT com> <AANLkTi=v9K+Gmedj3f7vVg4RgirisnWvuHMMWwHD5Hsf AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=v9K+Gmedj3f7vVg4RgirisnWvuHMMWwHD5Hsf@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs> 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 Aug 12 17:09, Chiheng Xu wrote: > 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. Cygwin can read windows shortcuts as symlinks, but does not > > 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 This is old info. Better trust the original source of information: http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#ov-hi-files Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple