X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=h7NUWTRbXe+Uz8KB pjW6JQvNFMFzD21byA+HWxHPRsyvL3guq6DwZxjJvU2SJXQkCFbe3tPddpN10/+M 86nGAng3Y4OekhFOZ1qQmCI3p2nhpYiggPiB57LpM01cvDmym2kqRX+Qs7+K/1k/ uvRtYpOcdXDPzB2B2WmRRjEPH88= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=HdgQBommCtL9s2enlz3SOt vTTYg=; b=fVjtrdTXmrhORYvzL2tLq+bLf2ngbIa7cctxTdSJwq+kpFJlxuljbW sYXRN6Oyu26TjvwBNDRiIDkdqi/xOBNFuy/pcdI+SYzfdFC1FFMa/uJeldTvhYL4 K4R9gFdD/IiN952SkaDylLybauXizbir7c/3+E+SwqtallbEs0OVA= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,GIT_PATCH_2,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=UD:ru, letter, HX-Priority:Normal X-HELO: forward2j.cmail.yandex.net Authentication-Results: smtp3o.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru X-Yandex-Suid-Status: 1 0,1 0 Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:17:23 +0300 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <212519238.20170310161723@yandex.ru> To: L A Walsh , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Treating Junctions consistently, as "normal dirs" as w/linux "bind"-type mount In-Reply-To: <58C1795B.5010809@tlinx.org> References: <58A4741E DOT 5020408 AT gmail DOT com> <20170216092611 DOT GE3889 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <58B0AA58 DOT 30504 AT tlinx DOT org> <20170228214321 DOT GB13542 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <58C0D744 DOT 2030005 AT tlinx DOT org> <1599023500 DOT 20170309163724 AT yandex DOT ru> <58C1795B DOT 5010809 AT tlinx DOT org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, L A Walsh! > Andrey Repin wrote: >> I would argue against all junctions being treated blindly. >> The difference with bind mounts in Linux is that in Linux >> you don't have the >> information available within the filesystem itself, and have >> no other option, >> than to treat them as regular directories. >> Only direct volume junctions cause an issue, and this is what >> should be fixed, >> if possible, not sidetracked with questionable workarounds. > ---- > Could you describe the benefits of your proposed solution? > You do know that MS originally called junctions "mountpoints", > right? So why would cygwin treating them as such be a "questionable > workaround"? How they are called, and how they behave is a two different questions. > How would you want to treat them? Easy way: As symlinks, just like now, unless it's a volume mount point that can't be normalized to a disk letter. Preferred way: Fix volume mounts accessibility \\?\{UUID} -> /dev/disk/by-uuid/UUID -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, March 10, 2017 16:10:57 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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