Re: [PATCH v2] Add information how to fix common build error on Windows in symlink-install-tree

[Michael Tokarev]

05.05.2023 00:11, Mateusz Krawczuk wrote:
..

      except BaseException as e:
          if not isinstance(e, OSError) or e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+            if os.name == 'nt':
+                print('Please enable Developer Mode to support soft link '
+                      'without Administrator permission')
              print(f'error making symbolic link {dest}', file=sys.stderr)
              raise e

FWIW, can't we get rid of symlinks entirely? It smells like this
should be possible with meson.

/mjt