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Re: x86/ -> ./ symlink
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:01:52 +0200
- Subject: Re: x86/ -> ./ symlink
- References: <878v1zo0q6 dot fsf at Rainer dot invalid>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Jun 24 19:52, Achim Gratz wrote:
>
> May I suggest that this sort of link (and the similar one in
> cygwinports) has potential to break mirror scripts in bad ways? Not
> quite as bad, but linking x86_64 -> 64bit also results in duplicates
> that aren't serving a good purpose.
The x86 symlink break the "Install from directory" function of
setup.exe. It runs into some endless loop. If I remove the symlinks it
works as usual. I don't know why it does that at all. It has no
business reading these symlinks. If nobody beats me to it, I'll
investigate next week.
Corinna
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