Greetings, Aurélien Couderc! > Could the setup.exe Cygwin installer PLEASE get a GUI(!!) option to > install packages using native Windows symlinks? That would fix that > recurring problem.
Last I've heard, setup.exe recognize CYWIN=winsymlinks:native[strict] option. From Thomas Wolff: > It would also help, and not need such problematic reconfiguration, if ln -s > did set up a symlink as .exe if it points to a .exe, like: > ln -s python3.9 /bin/pythonlink > ls -l /bin/pythonlink* > ... /bin/pythonlink.exe -> python3.9.exe > Packages could also ensure this themselves with > ln -s python3.9.exe /bin/pythonlink.exe I definitely do NOT want such "helpful" mechanic. I specifically want certain programs to be linked into $PATH without a recognizable extension, so they would only be picked by cygwin tools. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, October 7, 2025 19:10:13 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
