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Re: Native symlinks and setup.exe


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.

Vlado.


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