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Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload.
I fixed the symlinks in the updated sysvinit package. The symlinks now point
to the executable with .exe suffix:
lrwxrwxrwx Admin/Admin 0 2002-11-09 08:21:22 sbin/telinit -> init.exe
Sergey Okhapkin
Somerset, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
To: <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload.
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 07:31:53PM -0500, Sergey Okhapkin wrote:
> >What are the symlink problems? Do you mean a symlink points to the
> >executable name without .exe suffix?
>
> Yes. But I was confused. I didn't remember (or maybe didn't know) that
> a symlink didn't have to contain a .exe when it was linking to a .exe.
>
> I think that's arguably a bug but it's probably entrenched enough now to
> be considered a feature.
>
> So, nevermind and sorry for the confusion.
>
> cgf