Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 11:27:37 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: First alpha symlink patch
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On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> > Note that interoperability with non-Cygwin software is one of grave
> > problems with Cygwin.  It causes lots of FAQs (see, for example,
> > gnu.emacs.help).
> 
> If I remove attribute check at all (look at my other reply), 
> interoperability with DJGPP symlinks will be added to that FAQs
> as well... :-)

Well, DJGPP is already on that list, since we don't support symlinks.

You could actually support Cygwin-created symlinks by looking at the
size *and* the attributes.  If you don't turn on the system attribute
in the symlinks DJGPP creates, then it's probably okay.

Anyway, perhaps we can convince DJ to put on his Cygwin hat and change
their implementation to match ours ;-).