On Jun 19 14:28, LRN wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 19.06.2013 13:55, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Jun 19 13:32, LRN wrote: > >> On 19.06.2013 12:57, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>> On Jun 19 12:08, LRN wrote: > >>>> To be fair here, i've tried the MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict, and first > >>>> thing i hit was AC_PROG_LN_S. That macro explicitly refuses to use `ln > >>>> - -s' provided by MSYS or Cygwin, asking for 100% POSIX compliance. > >>> > >>> On Cygwin? Not that I'm aware of. I tested the AC_PROG_LN_S macro > >>> on Cygwin and the LN_S setting is 'ls -s' afterwards. That's with > >>> autoconf-2.69. > >> > >> My mistake, i meant _AS_LN_S_PREPARE, not AC_PROG_LN_S. > > > > _AS_LN_S_PREPARE also yields `ln -s' on Cygwin. Just tested. > It shouldn't. Probably. I think. > > It (is/should be) impossible to create an NTFS symlink to non-existing > target in Cygwin or MSys (since the target must exist to be able to > create an link of the right type). > > Are you sure that your _AS_LN_S_PREPARE does this:
yes. > [...] > and that you're using winsymlinks:nativestrict? No. I'm using any one of the other variations of symlinks. nativestrict was a compromise with my fellow co-maintainer. The default symlinks and winsymlinks:lnk always work, winsymlinks:native falls back to the default symlinks if creating the native symlink doesn't work. winsymlinks:nativestrict is a special case, not the norm. > > Btw., I've created a snapshot immediately after I had applied my patch. > > If you're not chilled by a Cygwin install, you can test this stuff > > quicker. > > The mere thought of installing Cygwin on my machine sends shivers > through my spine. I'll keep using MSYS2 for now. Maybe later, when i > gather enough courage... :) Corinna ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
