On Dec 4 13:07, Russell Davis wrote: > Hi Andy, thanks for the response. > > > - Native links can't point to special Cygwin paths such as /proc and > > /dev, although I guess that could be fudged. > > They can, they just won't work when non-cygwin apps try to use them > (perhaps what you're eluding to with the fudging). This is no worse > than the status quo with cygwin's non-native symlinks -- non-cygwin > apps can't follow those either. Verified as working with the original > patch. > > > - If the meaning of the POSIX path changes due to Cygwin mount point > > changes, native symlinks won't reflect that and point to the wrong > > thing. > > Good point, but surely this must already be the case with > shortcut-style symlinks (via CYGWIN=winsymlinks) as well?
No. The Cygwin shortcut-style symlinks contain the POSIX path as well and Cygwin only utilizes the POSIX path. See symlink_info::check_shortcut. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
