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Re: 1.5.19+: symlink bug
On Feb 3 09:30, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> Creating links with the same name, but with and without a .exe extension
> succeeds, but the one with no extension is later ignored. Here's a
> minimal example:
>
> $ ls -l TESTLINK*
> ls: TESTLINK*: No such file or directory
> $ ln -s /bin/ls.exe TESTLINK
> $ ls -l TESTLINK*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 igor root 11 Feb 3 09:25 TESTLINK -> /bin/ls.exe
> $ ln -s /bin/echo.exe TESTLINK.exe
> $ ls -l TESTLINK*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 igor root 13 Feb 3 09:25 TESTLINK -> /bin/echo.exe
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 igor root 13 Feb 3 09:25 TESTLINK.exe -> /bin/echo.exe
> $ uname -svr
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.20(0.152/4/2) 2006-01-31 21:09
> $ cygcheck -f /bin/ln
> coreutils-5.3.0-9
> $
Did you try this with the latest coreutils 5.93-3?
Corinna
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