On 01.10.2016 23:32, Vlado wrote: > On 1.10.2016 17:52, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: >> Before running setup.exe I've set the system env var >> CYGWIN=winsymlinks:native >> After that I ran setup-x86_64.exe and installed cygwin64. >> The symlinks to .exe files in bin, created by setup, are not native >> symlinks, they are cygwin symlinks. Apparently, setup doesn't honor >> the winsymlinks:native CYGWIN option. Is that intended (why?) or a >> bug? > > Hi Gene, > > IMHO CYGWIN variable controls Cygwin behavior, but setup is native > Windows app. > What You are describing is expected behavior.
From a sole technical point of view, it's maybe expected. But from a software usage point of view not: Gene wants to use Cygwin with native links. And setup.exe is part of Cygwin. Therefore setup.exe *should* honor the CYGWIN variable. (those parts of CYGWIN that make sense for the setup). Or formulated another way: Gene wants to use native links with Cygwin. Cygwin does have that capability. How should he instruct setup.exe to do so? Herbert -- 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
