symbolic link curiousity in 3.6.0

[Pádraig Brady]

On 29/03/2025 16:31, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 3/29/25 04:30, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> What it should do if only the POSIX.1e draft 17 functions are available
>> is something along these lines:
> 
> Yes, that sounds like a better approach. However, shouldn't it use
> O_PATH not O_RDONLY? We might lack read access.
> 
> Does the attached Gnulib patch work for you? I haven't tested or
> installed it (I don't use Cygwin).

Is this patch is OK to be applied to gnulib,
with the tweaks Corinna mentioned?

thanks,
Pádraig