From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: utility to update existing cygwin symlinks to native format? (was Re: native symlink)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:25:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130430002548.GA7635@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <671E245A-BDCD-4F46-90B7-9E73301126C1@mac.com>
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 04:49:33PM -0700, James Gregurich wrote:
>
>
>On Apr 29, 2013, at 4:45 PM, "Larry Hall (Cygwin Developers)" wrote:
>
>> On 4/29/2013 6:04 PM, James Gregurich wrote:
>>> I have not gotten a response to this question yet. I'd like to get into
>>> a position to roll this version of cygwin out so that we can use it daily and
>>> look for glitches, but I do need the ability to upgrade existing symlinks
>>> before that is feasible. Is there an answer to my question?
>>
>> You'll have to wait until Corinna returns from vacation at least for the
>> answer to whether or not this has been done already. I can't say if
>> you've inspired Corinna (or someone else) to implement this for you.
>> If not, you may have to create your own utility for this part.
>
>ok. thanks for the info
>
>The utility that I wrote for myself depends upon an exposed API
>function in path.cc since all the logic to handle the internal format
>of the cygwin symlink file is contained in path.cc. I could easily
>write one for myself if such a function were exposed as a public API.
>I'd just need the specs to use the call.
If you're asking "Did Corinna write a utility to do this?" the answer
is extremely likely to be "No" since she would have mentioned it if
she had.
If you're asking "Will Corinna write a utility to do this?" I suspect
that the answer is likely also "No".
cgf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-30 0:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-27 15:17 64 bit Cygwin 1.7.18-12 Corinna Vinschen
2013-03-27 21:54 ` native symlink James Gregurich
2013-03-27 22:41 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin Developers)
2013-03-31 15:55 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-01 16:17 ` Larry Hall
2013-04-01 19:25 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-01 19:52 ` Christopher Faylor
2013-04-01 22:03 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-02 0:06 ` Christopher Faylor
2013-04-03 0:49 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-03 1:41 ` Christopher Faylor
2013-04-03 3:16 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-03 4:33 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-03 15:29 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-03 16:32 ` Larry Hall
2013-04-03 16:51 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-03 16:52 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-03 17:29 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-03 20:46 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-03 21:35 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-11 16:03 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-11 21:55 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-12 8:33 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-13 13:08 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-13 14:54 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-03 21:31 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-24 10:35 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-24 12:06 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-24 12:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-24 17:52 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-24 17:56 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-24 18:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-04-24 18:16 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-04-26 23:39 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-29 22:05 ` utility to update existing cygwin symlinks to native format? (was Re: native symlink) James Gregurich
2013-04-29 23:45 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin Developers)
2013-04-29 23:49 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-29 23:52 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-30 0:25 ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2013-04-30 0:34 ` James Gregurich
2013-04-30 0:44 ` Charles Wilson
2013-04-30 1:19 ` James Gregurich
2013-05-03 21:53 ` native symlink support should fallback to default format if target missing James Gregurich
2013-05-13 15:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-05-13 15:25 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-05-13 15:40 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-05-13 18:59 ` Christopher Faylor
2013-05-13 19:47 ` Earnie Boyd
2013-05-14 14:52 ` James Gregurich
2013-05-14 15:04 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-05-14 15:54 ` Jeffrey Altman
2013-05-14 16:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-05-14 21:04 ` James Gregurich
2013-05-14 16:42 ` Christopher Faylor
2013-05-14 21:11 ` James Gregurich
2013-05-15 2:28 ` Christopher Faylor
2013-05-15 15:07 ` James Gregurich
2013-05-14 21:04 ` James Gregurich
2013-05-14 15:31 ` Christopher Faylor
2013-05-13 15:00 ` native symlink Corinna Vinschen
2013-05-13 15:12 ` Charles Wilson
2013-05-13 15:39 ` Corinna Vinschen
2013-05-13 20:54 ` Charles Wilson
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