[PATCH v3 2/2] x86_64/i386 fenv: Replace symlink with include fenv_stub.c

[Corinna Vinschen]

Hey Joel,

the patch itself is fine, but I'm puzzeling over the commit message.

On Feb 19 08:03, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> Having symlinks for these files led to an issue reported to the
> RTEMS Project that showed up on MSYS2. Per the report we received,

MSYS2 is a Cygwin clone which understands any kind of Cygwin symlink,
an invention from way back when Windows really didn't have symlinks.

> there are no such things as links on Windows,

NTFS has symlinks since Windows Vista, about 2007.

> it is a copy of the
> file and if it does not exist it has to fail. The working all depends
> on the order the tar file is built. If the links appear in the tar file
> before the source exists, it cannot copy the file.

Isn't that just somebody using an inadequate tool here?  Do you have a
pointer to a bugzilla/github/whatever issue clarifying the actual
problem?


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat
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