python39-imaging 11.1.0-1 - weird packaging glitch

[Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty]

On 11/03/2025 20:14, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
> Today's update
> python39-imaging 11.1.0-1
> appears to contain a weird and probably trivial packaging error.
> Under
> /lib/python3.9/site-packages/pillow-11.1.0.dist-info/
> the two files METADATA and PKG-INFO.lnk are identical, and the 2nd is not a link.
> I deleted it and created the link
> $ ln -sf METADATA PKG-INFO
> to achieve
> lrwxrwxrwx 1    8 Mar 11 19:55 PKG-INFO -> METADATA
> which I hope was the right thing to do?
> 

Interesting issue. I think it stems from me using the wimsymlinks:lnk 
option as documented at: 
https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html

I use this as a program I package up with Cygwin needs to be easily 
portable and installable, and I couldn't get this to work without that 
option. I don't think this should matter either way, but someone else 
feel free to chime in and correct me.

Hamish