On Jan 8 17:11, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote: > > For instance: Getting rid of .lnk files isn't easy with backward > >compatibility in mind. > screw backward compatability! :)Why carry around bandaids on bandaids > for an OS that is 10 years out of support?
We're using .lnk files for FIFOs. That's the compat concern, not some OS from the past. > Obviously not ripe for 3.6 or maybe even 3.7, but at some point we > should just put a stick in the sand and say this .lnk crap is dead and > you have to either compile it back in with an IFDEF or a CYGWIN var. No ifdefs, and a Cygwin var setting unfortunately exists. > And while we're at it use OS-native links instead of Junctions. I'm > not sure how that came about but Junctions are unhelpful. Cygwin does not create symlinks as junctions. No idea where you got that idea. Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
