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Subject: RE: return value of mkshortcut on Windows 7
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:45:58 -0700
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On March 10, 2010, Andy Koppe wrote:=20

> David Byron:
> > mkshortcut is returning 8 when I expect it to return 0.
>=20
> Yep, known issue.
>=20
> > I'd love a hand getting mkshortcut to return 0 in this case.
>=20
> Index: src/mkshortcut/mkshortcut.c
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> RCS file: /cvs/cygwin-apps/cygutils/src/mkshortcut/mkshortcut.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.10
> diff -u -r1.10 mkshortcut.c
> --- src/mkshortcut/mkshortcut.c 3 Dec 2009 08:19:44 -0000 =A0 =A0 =A0 1.10
> +++ src/mkshortcut/mkshortcut.c 11 Mar 2010 05:43:05 -0000
> @@ -612,6 +612,7 @@
> =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 }
> =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 persist_file->lpVtbl->Release (persist_file);
> =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 shell_link->lpVtbl->Release (shell_link);
> + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0return (0);
> =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 }
> =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 else
> =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 {

Thanks for the confirmation.  Trying to avoid seeming helpless and demanding
but is there anything I can do to motivate the mkshortcut/cygutils
maintainers to release a version with this patch?

-DB


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