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Nov 26, 2024 at 4:38 comment added xpusostomos That's interesting, but why would cygwin ever NOT use native symlinkss? I presume cygwin symlinks only work with programs compiled with the cygwin libraries? I can't think why you wouldn't always want native links.
Jun 20, 2020 at 9:12 history edited CommunityBot
Commonmark migration
S Feb 13, 2020 at 15:31 history suggested Victor Yarema CC BY-SA 4.0
Removed almost recommendation that makes almost no sense (explained it in comment). Added reference to documentation.
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S Feb 13, 2020 at 15:31
Feb 13, 2020 at 11:50 comment added Victor Yarema Using CYGWIN=winsymlinks:native is wrong for so many different workflows. If you are OK with using "fall back to creating Cygwin default symlinks" then why would you even try to make native in first place? If someone needs "native" then ... they need "native". The only proper option is "CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict"!
May 23, 2017 at 12:34 history edited URL Rewriter Bot
replaced http://stackoverflow.com/ with https://stackoverflow.com/
Jun 7, 2016 at 20:46 history edited oHo CC BY-SA 3.0
Apply PJTraill's advice to just refer to original answer.
May 24, 2016 at 15:33 comment added PJTraill I think you would have done better to refer to your own Question+Answer at stackoverflow.com/questions/18654162/… !
Apr 26, 2016 at 4:48 history edited User CC BY-SA 3.0
Added quote from the Cygwin User's Guide
Jan 5, 2016 at 8:30 comment added aqavi_paracha $ export CYGWIN="winsymlinks:nativestrict" worked for me in Windows 8
Jun 18, 2014 at 12:04 history edited oHo CC BY-SA 3.0
minor improvement
Jun 16, 2014 at 9:36 history edited Guria CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 26, 2013 at 9:38 history edited oHo CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sep 6, 2013 at 15:02 history answered oHo CC BY-SA 3.0