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From: Herbert Stocker <hersto AT gmx DOT de>
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 00:38:18 +0200
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On 01.10.2016 23:32, Vlado wrote:
 > On 1.10.2016 17:52, Gene Pavlovsky wrote:
 >> Before running setup.exe I've set the system env var
 >> CYGWIN=winsymlinks:native
 >> After that I ran setup-x86_64.exe and installed cygwin64.
 >> The symlinks to .exe files in bin, created by setup, are not native
 >> symlinks, they are cygwin symlinks. Apparently, setup doesn't honor
 >> the winsymlinks:native CYGWIN option. Is that intended (why?) or a
 >> bug?
 >
 > Hi Gene,
 >
 > IMHO CYGWIN variable controls Cygwin behavior, but setup is native
 > Windows app.
 > What You are describing is expected behavior.

 From a sole technical point of view, it's maybe expected.

But from a software usage point of view not:
Gene wants to use Cygwin with native links.
And setup.exe is part of Cygwin. Therefore setup.exe *should* honor
the CYGWIN variable.
(those parts of CYGWIN that make sense for the setup).

Or formulated another way:
Gene wants to use native links with Cygwin. Cygwin does have that
capability. How should he instruct setup.exe to do so?

Herbert


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