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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:12:36 +0100
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
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To: "Markus Hammele" <Markus.Hammele@Gek.de>
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Subject: Problem with cygwin on smb(linux) network drive
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References: <sb61aaa7.075@gek.de>

On Friday 27 Jul 01, Markus Hammele writes:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm trying to install cygwin on a network drive, either with unc paths or with drive letters.
> 
> Assuming that M: is the network drive I try to install from M:\cygarch into M:\cygwin with SETUP.
> 
> All works well up to gcc. Gcc produces a ntvdm exception when compiling which can be
> trace to cygwin's way of implementing symbolic links
> 
> type libg.a
> !<symlink>libcygwin.a
> 
> This way of "linking" works fine on local drives but fails on my networked drive.
> 
> Any clues, hints or workarounds for this?

Read the FAQ, entry "Why don't symlinks work on samba-mounted
filesystems?".  If this doesn't answer your question, let us know.
(The list, not me.)

David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


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