From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.73]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8EF00386F424 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:00:12 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 8EF00386F424 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com Received: from calimero.vinschen.de ([217.91.18.234]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue106 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1M1qbm-1kDQgd0exU-002Gwm for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:00:11 +0200 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 93451A83A77; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:00:10 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:00:10 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Forcing setup.exe not to create WSL symlinks Message-ID: <20200827090010.GZ3272@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <875z95tg5c.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <1f4a80f7-0e14-1641-3fce-317ac2a6dd00@dronecode.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:oS13BFgqkCbdVxrYiuyxDV3gs+7M7uwmKhxaD6QZiB+hXjSYawM +DE7GzOXNFixRVCTK5HW6HTcJXBDG+7+kcztuRAYXSmf1FQ1eps1IcSl5EufqjhIhDfL1sL d22M+P4Mp+WwBYqLPACdEfRGqcyMxuVIT4yhCwN6SzCeFsjg5H62NOtUCnFrxTGYuxx5IMn /3nhS3iK/uX4yoLkDfZbA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:adnqMO2NOZw=:+OLDmt2WkFokUBmki0Wpf+ zIUb+LvXaZafFrEsDlAlvFU/A6bJM5ZjLBfT9B2cmsb4/l/VDbFVaMgBSylZk4eOqqmq6RlNm kDE6TjEk757BmhcJVSXMM9mP27LCY4INm5X4k3lzYV4cDeEiGBrTJ74RrA8mYinCgH48hDKoh 4nXkMyz+F59ha4WmIzx61A4UTXNPPHkLCtbBW2vT+VG9DuO+073YlodkBGF2WM0tfzPMqWrXz CPxTtt5cGW0kHcAr3bdmgBbIF2AHF5rDrkqugUxWr9uiXm/DJORUiM7PvIL833caw1jwB0GkW v0zLCZB7HYwUCfOAcWtWJcKHmoIewmPYwAfsOz06rvj4xB/IIfj8tFxnVGpuZDK9U2+vw8OWd zZQAslJ8Fty7ounEkIidNFJZ7n/sKyv73HnRqrvLNetFjiOiwxHOuM8g0NXNCKyf6hLakh/x3 VRZ+brhyphpcMB0Pk9Q1NEz/wABDM/fzkEaYEn8bDMGqJZBeRPAK2NAqIf9dijpcLOS5Bx1R9 VHZPBAa1YsD3Rp/ShWbmBlhywgWmSs6XjzoN6lMibv64LKpflO4O61oh9eT36S79qMiwE72/W AxdGMITRJydzd4CJHtsEaZ/3BmQKmb44ZK2sdh2H8w6U63meNmZlzLSAB0OAVWafRlCOakT0H eQ7GFBn8o6GOa6AYqM+jgs0MwikQ2pfbxWA4pWt+cRebAKVnROd1muo/rkuzW7RyBSlRNF56H jw2kpXdLScWlVhqOF5qLrVwejczJGte0/3XD0KT41Z9kofGjEjZ9FdlKHI4FeSpj+LcDxUKme McE2ERVOfvaypNqLfyEJTVquFUSZhgKlwNxpwfHsWPNGwfgKCsHVhHYvC5CLzHKE+PIBovVx+ tSmZ8wy4uU3iBq8kJvpA== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-99.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, 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@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:00:14 -0000 On Aug 27 07:48, Michael Wild via Cygwin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 10:57 PM Jon Turney wrote: > > > > > It turns out to be the case that setup doesn't propagate the CYGWIN > > environment variable into the environment for scripts it runs, so > > setting that isn't going to make any difference. That should probably > > be considered a bug. > > > > However, even if that's fixed, there's no value for winsymlinks in > > CYGWIN env var to specify the behaviour of Cygwin 3.1.4 and previous > > (i.e. always create traditional symlinks, don't use WSL symlink reparse > > points) > > > > Thanks Jon for the elaboration. Isn't winsymlinks=lnk supposed to do this > per the documentation? Could Corinna be convinced to include an option > where this can be done? To be honest, my hopes are greater to get this > worked-around in a useful timeframe from the Cygwin side than getting the > proper fix into Docker. Isn't it sufficient to fix setup so you can create lnk-style symlinks in your scenario? The CYGWIN env variable and the number of options is such a mess. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Maintainer