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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:31:03 -0600
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Subject: Re: symbolic link curiousity in 3.6.0
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        Bruno Haible <bruno AT clisp DOT org>, bug-gnulib AT gnu DOT org, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com,
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        Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On 3/29/25 04:30, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> What it should do if only the POSIX.1e draft 17 functions are available
> is something along these lines:

Yes, that sounds like a better approach. However, shouldn't it use 
O_PATH not O_RDONLY? We might lack read access.

Does the attached Gnulib patch work for you? I haven't tested or 
installed it (I don't use Cygwin).
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