On 11. Dec, 2009, at 14:27 , Marcel Loose wrote: > Hi all, > > I was browsing the CMake sources for a problem I was facing with the > creation of symlinks (on Unix that is) and I noticed that the > SystemTools::CreateSymlink function simply returns false when building > on a Windows platform. > > Does that mean that I cannot use 'cmake -E create_symlink' on Windows. > If that's the case I consider it a bug, because the documentation > suggests that 'cmake -E create_symlink' provides a platform independent > way of creating symbolic links. So, if the OS and/or filesystem does not > support symbolic links, IMHO, it should just copy the file. > > Best regards, > Marcel Loose. >
Simply copying the file might be just as bad if people assume it really IS a symlink... IMHO, if the OS can't create a symlink, cmake -E create_symlink should fail loudly, not just silently ignore it. And somebody should implement this function for Windows >= Vista/2008 (i.e. WINVER >= 0x0600): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363866(VS.85).aspx Michael _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
