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Re: x86/ -> ./ symlink
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:46:00 -0400
- Subject: Re: x86/ -> ./ symlink
- References: <878v1zo0q6 dot fsf at Rainer dot invalid> <20130629080152 dot GU2378 at calimero dot vinschen dot de>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 10:01:52AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jun 24 19:52, Achim Gratz wrote:
>>
>> May I suggest that this sort of link (and the similar one in
>> cygwinports) has potential to break mirror scripts in bad ways? Not
>> quite as bad, but linking x86_64 -> 64bit also results in duplicates
>> that aren't serving a good purpose.
>
>The x86 symlink break the "Install from directory" function of
>setup.exe. It runs into some endless loop. If I remove the symlinks it
>works as usual. I don't know why it does that at all. It has no
>business reading these symlinks. If nobody beats me to it, I'll
>investigate next week.
Are you saying that this is happening with a CVS version of setup.exe?
If not, it seems impossible that this symlink would cause an issue on a
local install.
Or, maybe you're copying the whole release area to your work area as
you proposed in the cygwin list.
http://cygwin.com/problems.html
cgf