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> * Test out symlink code a lot more - build lots of packages with it, test
> interoperability with Cygwin stuff.

No interoperability, and that's a feature, not a bug or misdesign.
Initially I wanted to use Cygwin symlinks, but Eli convinced me not to
use them - most notably, they use hidden file attribute to mark
symlinks, which is a big FAQ generator, as I was told.

Laurynas