On 1/28/2020 1:38 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: > Links should only be applied during build processes to allow building and > testing to complete successfully. > Build link types may not be compatible with tar or the target file system and > should not be included in packages for distribution e.g. they may only work on > systems configured for WSL and with WSL installed. > Distributed package links should be generated during post-install processing > and > should fall back to file copies if links are unsupported on the target file > system.
Many Cygwin packages contain symlinks that are not generated during post-install. setup handles them just fine. Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
