Funnily enough mklink /J does create a junction (per documentation & googling). So it seems that the web was right after all ;-)
It seems that symlinks are pretty limited on windows, so going for them would not have been a good move anyways Sylvain On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Janosch Machowinski <[email protected]> wrote: > You also need superuser rights to do an mklink /D and this is a problem. > Janosch > > Am 14.10.2014 19:01, schrieb Sylvain Joyeux: >> Answering my own question: mklink is only available since Vista. I >> don't see that as a problem for us. >> >> Sylvain >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Sylvain Joyeux <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> It seems that mklink /D creates symbolic links for directories ... >>> Don't know why nobody seem to mention it in the cmake threads I read >>> ... >>> >>> Sylvain >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Michael Rohn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On the cmake bugtracker you will find some bug reports about this >>>> problem. I think there is no cmake solution and it is not planed to fix >>>> this in the near future by the cmake developers. >>>> >>>> So we have to handle it on our own. >>>> >>>> Greetings >>>> Michael >>>> >>>> Am 14.10.2014 um 10:03 schrieb Janosch Machowinski: >>>>> One needs admin rights to create junction points. >>>>> The only command runnable as a normal user is >>>>> mklink /J >>>>> I'll try to figure out if this is sufficient. Anyway, I was >>>>> more looking for a native cmake solution... >>>>> Greetings >>>>> Janosch >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Am 13.10.2014 um 16:43 schrieb Sylvain Joyeux: >>>>>> From quickly googling about it, it seems that we would need to replace >>>>>> the create_symlinks call on windows by a junction creation (given what >>>>>> we do, should work fine, but someone should please check it out). We >>>>>> would be limited to NTFS. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sylvain >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 5:43 AM, Janosch Machowinski >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> Hey, >>>>>>> the Rock CMAKE macros do not work under windows, which >>>>>>> is especially bad for base/types. The root of the problem is the >>>>>>> creation of symlinks, which is not supported on windows : >>>>>>> e.g. : cmake -E create_symlink >>>>>>> Anyone an idea how to overcome this issue, without changing >>>>>>> the current setup ? >>>>>>> Greetings >>>>>>> Janosch >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Dipl. Inf. Janosch Machowinski >>>>>>> SAR- & Sicherheitsrobotik >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Universität Bremen >>>>>>> FB 3 - Mathematik und Informatik >>>>>>> AG Robotik >>>>>>> Robert-Hooke-Straße 1 >>>>>>> 28359 Bremen, Germany >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Zentrale: +49 421 178 45-6611 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Besuchsadresse der Nebengeschäftstelle: >>>>>>> Robert-Hooke-Straße 5 >>>>>>> 28359 Bremen, Germany >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tel.: +49 421 178 45-6614 >>>>>>> Empfang: +49 421 178 45-6600 >>>>>>> Fax: +49 421 178 45-4150 >>>>>>> E-Mail: [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Weitere Informationen: http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/robotik >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Rock-dev mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://www.dfki.de/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/rock-dev >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Michael Rohn (Dipl.-Inf.) >>>> Simulation & Elektro-Mobilität >>>> >>>> Hauptgeschäftsstelle Standort Bremen: >>>> DFKI GmbH >>>> Robotics Innovation Center >>>> Robert-Hooke-Straße 1 >>>> 28359 Bremen, Germany >>>> >>>> Tel.: +49 421 178 45-4133 >>>> Zentrale: +49 421 178 45-0 >>>> Fax: +49 421 178 45-4150 (Faxe bitte namentlich kennzeichnen) >>>> E-Mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Weitere Informationen: http://www.dfki.de/robotik >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH >>>> Firmensitz: Trippstadter Straße 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern >>>> Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster >>>> (Vorsitzender) Dr. Walter Olthoff >>>> Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes >>>> Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313 >>>> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Kaiserslautern (HRB 2313) >>>> USt-Id.Nr.: DE 148646973 >>>> Steuernummer: 19/673/0060/3 >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Rock-dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.dfki.de/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/rock-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Rock-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.dfki.de/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/rock-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Rock-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.dfki.de/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/rock-dev _______________________________________________ Rock-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.dfki.de/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/rock-dev
