X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 822113937437 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1584291141; bh=tz+X0SQocbhFlaFetDRhBPAMDMsclTwtv9GU1uE6BrQ=; h=Date:Subject:To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post: List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:From; b=gIH4PdOT9a7Q5zNj9g8kDE3JQ9nxC/8i6CYqmw9BVxDmc3QogkxUjkkp1r5qpFgbs vLPPx0z+/876VqGvH6l0zV64AzAy8+TbanwDMQ/BtjxUHSZA6TbfzBTDNUTwNy+ABp 80esXp7EaFEopu5rjtmJph3aDWdTzaWju3MgvGy8= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=IzBDcftuNQZfbk8h0k95+uMcEDpi9RjgN/XLYDt95gU=; b=cIdGnXjzAfW+3+LYdUk8gHQYVSLCe0Y0KfA/jYA1A5nnYVKSGHF3woIzscpr3hWbZG h4IbI5aDwy0wy8bduxR6iLlfloyvjURBUs/F/Hu1otu6XgNh1LelC4DI9lcgLY6b832s G1KjW9eeBoBR7FzUwIdBZXurcHaZ82eqcFLRyTNH2wT3OU0RG1u/bn2Y+nTeHoMCTbKT 5qfRigZYQOVppq+IUCN0XDcHOXWN+7vmZn8HLQg9sse69JrMymU0mPIFj7C4TPJUjsKC KTpiF7TQ3P76MCHT718EB0UsbJ1e+eqveX32Xj/HBkT4D42opGf8sPB9O3XZ4Nlt1n/p fFhA== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ1xxq5NOYjPxglIY2IcDvbfLZp5ZFy4bs1t7RbxGzZLDFxVnv4N FdLtxFd3FF7kxqA5oRJhNhI069z2X1iRLiKDC/H3W4w77Tw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vuV8C920U4vzsWHBLNoW6mi2x+I9hAS0hKQoUSgbDaGPXYoeP3yjVpoRSyM0xWvIb6/ktzDUyGWP0wuj48mN6I= X-Received: by 2002:a25:cc8e:: with SMTP id l136mr9357339ybf.55.1584291136742; Sun, 15 Mar 2020 09:52:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 11:52:07 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Cygwin 7z breaks symlinks To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 List-Id: Cygwin mailing list List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Steven Penny via Cygwin Reply-To: Steven Penny Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "Cygwin" If you try to use p7zip to create an archive with symlink: 7z a -snl c.tar a.txt b.txt The symlink is broken: $ 7z l -slt c.tar [...] Path = b.txt Folder = - Size = 5 Packed Size = 512 Modified = 2020-03-15 10:34:04 Mode = -rwxrwxrwx User = Group = Symbolic Link = Hard Link = but if you use this version: Then it works as expected: $ 7z l -slt c.tar [...] Path = b.txt Folder = - Size = 5 Packed Size = 0 Modified = 2020-03-15 10:48:07 Mode = lrwxrwxrwx User = Group = Symbolic Link = a.txt Hard Link = Note that I purposefully used an old version from the offical site, to match the current Cygwin version. -- 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