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commit d0e42141b80739213be1c3c397edcce191e5b56e Author: Jeremy Drake <[email protected]> Date: Sat May 29 13:17:08 2021 -0700 Revert "Cygwin: Handle virtual drives as non-symlinks" This reverts commit c8949d04001e3dbc03651475b6cd1c5623400835. Diff: --- winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc index 6a07f0d06..e62f8fe2b 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc @@ -3505,9 +3505,14 @@ restart: subst X: C:\foo\bar - Treat it as a normal file. */ + Treat it like a symlink. This is required to tell an + lstat caller that the "drive" is actually pointing + somewhere else, thus, it's a symlink in POSIX speak. */ if (upath.Length == 14) /* \??\X:\ */ - goto file_not_symlink; + { + fileattr &= ~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY; + path_flags |= PATH_SYMLINK; + } /* For final paths differing in inner path components return length as negative value. This informs path_conv::check to skip realpath handling on the last path component. */
