Cygwin 1.7: Accessing (local) junctions via SMB

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Wed Jun 2 14:58:00 GMT 2010


On 6/2/2010 5:53 AM, Mario Küchler wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> (...)
>> In contrast, the behaviour of Cygwin 1.7, which is to read the actual
>> reparse point content and treat it as symlinks, does not make sense for
>> remote reparse points, apparently.  Only the remote system knows how to
>> treat them correctly.  So I just applied a patch to Cygwin.
>
> Great! Can you already estimate when this patched version will be
> released?

In a parallel universe, it is already released and receiving rave reviews. ;-)
In this universe, you'll have to be content with a snapshot for the time being.
<http://cygwin.com/snapshots/>

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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