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RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.2.0-1


On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Dave Korn wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Peter A. Castro
> > Sent: 30 March 2004 19:45
>
> > The original issue was with the executable /usr/bin/zsh being
> > a link to the real exe (eg: zsh-4.2.0).  However, this is not
> > a packaging error, IMHO.  /usr/bin/zsh is a *hardlink*, not a
> > *symlink*,
>
>   Does that even work on 9x/ME series?  I thought hardlinks required NTFS
> support.

You are correct, hardlinks are in NTFS only, but it doesn't matter.
Setup isn't honoring hardlinks right now.  It simply duplicates the real
file contents instead, which is fine, either way.

>     cheers,
>       DaveK

-- 
Peter A. Castro <doctor@fruitbat.org> or <Peter.Castro@oracle.com>
	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood

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