On Aug 26 10:22, Paul McFerrin wrote: > Sorry for re-submission. Forgot the attachment. > > I've been working for months on this problem since 1.7 went official.. > > I'm runningWin XP Pro sp3 on an all NTFS filesystems. I was a beta > tester for several months before 1.7 went official. In all of my > testing as beta, my 1.5 symlinks worked in both 1.5 and 1.7. After > (or during) the 1.7 becoming official, my many 1.5 symlinks were no > longer working. I have spent considerable time attempting to find > and fix these 1.5 created symlinks (300+ total) I was quite taken > back that such a major change would be thrown in at the last minute. > Mabe it was just an oversight.
And you actually waited 8 months before reporting it??? > I am quoting from web page titled: What's new and what > changed in Cygwin 1.7 > Chapter 1. Cygwin Overview > > In one of the bullet items on the first page, it states : > Cygwin 1.7 can read all old style symlinks, but the new style is > not compatible with older Cygwin releases. > > If this is true, then why am I having these problems now, a few > months after 1.7 release? I have not the faintest idea. The old 1.5 symlinks still work for me, independent of using .lnk-style symlinks (default in 1.5) or "plain files with SYSTEM DOS attribute set"-style symlinks (CYGWIN=nowinsymlinks, default in 1.7). > or an I just a heavy user of symlinks? Has anyone written a tool > that will find and fix these 1.5 symlinks? Are all symlinks not working? What *exactly* is wrong or goes wrong? Create an example so that we're on the same line as you are. Problem reports with testcases are infinitely more helpful than without them. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
