On 1 February 2014 09:36, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > While recent versions > of Windows have symlinks more like POSIX symlinks, XP only has a > stunted version called "reparse points" or "junction points" which are > not really fit for purpose. I think you'll find that XP environments are found > in rather more than "a tiny number of cases", and even though Microsoft > has end-of-lifed XP in terms of support, I fear it'll be around for a while > yet.
One crippling thing about even recent Windows symlink support is that to create a symlink requires elevation. There is a user right that can be assigned to allow creation of symling without elevation, but bizarrely (and, I gather, deliberately!) Windows strips that right from administrative accounts - so you have a situation where a normal user with the right can create symlinks, but an administrator with the same right still needs elevation. And a major proportion of Windows accounts are administrators. Sigh. One day they might get it right. Paul _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
