From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.135]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40ED5386F467 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:09:10 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 40ED5386F467 Received: from calimero.vinschen.de ([24.134.7.25]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue012 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MT7ip-1lHqlX1eil-00UaYC for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:09:08 +0100 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id C86BDA80B83; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:09:07 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:09:07 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Root directory being a junction fools realpath() Message-ID: Reply-To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com References: <20210215122538.GN4251@calimero.vinschen.de> <20210215132053.GO4251@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:5/dw3T1vgiqf7obtYn1izYKMJVFMB1zwf9HRIAC3WsYYKuwnxZI RZju8pSeUSOIUBhcHVauZEcTkXDlsc+ExEnEzZ2/cWZim68kT0BiAMi+Rru+0zw6g28Pk1D 8S2kQmCQubUhT0/rWdAbTp55ja4t8bTJqs6xR9sNBRRg3XH9HecwQ3UybHwGXM6hmBP1fsS Jsc4exLKFmbAw5b84TxBg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:bAIxfo8jgbA=:9KEu7g3jyNt0lSF3/f89jw 9a65uIA+ijoTCzNA/RR+WahO4LoYZtgrIF96tXgXdbE9AISj/pPWFXclsP9pUqVrfEDHdjlxG dv3LXvKCHOJwAD6Oe40+mFv4IwB/5QsMvVNZVcoxqrU9CuFiCmsS3ge5/kaerHhZhvpgZDM7m OUFAHihLSXogp50EcJplHkiaysgnP144O1uu95FS3p46pCfualpYIpgXL7vpGFvFLAy25fY9+ KHXahGhaqoxGvJSV0lgK/60zSuRGOrFuBiW10PT0/Niq+g9zMa1sx4YZnQl7++0n6rofov7uz 76iAGQQxSLQWfdJiW7rX2UeWycqRgWkynHTG6RAAdVEMOlLW7oxabRo+eWO6abLCtRoNfLjL5 sr+mcSfc0VVG10JOY+LElMoCT67iP5H9x9QiAP149DmdRWIxtUU8BmBpybtZMS/OUE2N4mrGa 1kgibvhnMg== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-101.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin core component developers mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:09:11 -0000 On Feb 18 12:46, David Macek via Cygwin-developers wrote: > Thank you for diagnosing. > > > > This isn't realpath's fault. You're circumventing the mount point > > > handling > > It was not my intention. :) It's just due to my sharing scripts and > configurations between various machines (with varying disk layouts and > sizes), I sometimes need to use links to work around things. > > [...] > > > I just wonder if such a bordercase is worth the extra performance hit > > for each Cygwin invocation. > > Of course I'd like to see it resolved, but I don't remember any > non-cosmetic issue caused by it, *so far*. Is there an estimate of > how big of a slow-down the fix causes? No, somebody would have to test this. Probably it's not that much... Corinna