> From: Zack Weinberg [mailto:zack@codesourcery.com]
>
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 12:20:03AM -0700, Bill Tutt wrote:
> > a) Cygwin == evil porting library
> > So, any issues you have with using a svn client compiled under it
are up
> > for grabs. IMNSHO, any official svn client binary should be
distributed
> > using cygwin. If you want it to be compiled with GCC then use mingw.
>
> should _not_, you meant?
>
Er, yes. Should not be distributed using cygwin.
> This error came from the 'rm' binary provided with Cygwin, not from
> svn itself.
>
> > You can create circular directory structures on Unix just like you
can
> > on NTFS after all.
>
> No, under Unix you can't, not since V6. The kernel will not permit
> anyone to make hard links to a directory. I'm surprised to hear NT
> allows it - it causes all sorts of headaches.
>
It's also certainly possible that cygwin is misgrokking a NTFS reparse
point. Inode mapping schemes on NT are usually funky in some form or
fashion, so it could also be an issue with that somehow.
I don't know if NTFS lets you hard link a directory. I would hope it
didn't allow such things to happen as well.
Bill
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Received on Fri Sep 6 09:48:55 2002