On Dec 22 14:54, Isaac Foraker wrote: > The recent change of installing coreutils with `link.exe' has introduced > a *new* problem with configurations using Microsoft Visual C++ with > Cygwin's GNU `make'. Previously, one could specify "LD=link" in a > Makefile, but now the corutils `link' will supplant Microsoft's linker, > breaking builds. Specifying "LD=link" worked with all versions of > Cygwin for at least the last two years, so this is a new problem. Since > developers tend to install their tools in different locations, but > always have these tools in their path, using "LD=link" has always been > acceptable. > > The coreutils `link' appears to reproduce the hard-link functionality of > `ln', and should probably not be a part of the base installation. > > My temporary fix for my developers is to remove coreutils `link' from > our systems, but if it is reinstalled every time coreutils is upgraded, > this will cause an ongoing problem.
The link tool is installed by default on Linux as well. I guess you read my announcement? If you don't like the packaging, [...] Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:[email protected] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
