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Re: Win32 NTFS Junction bug

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2004-04-23 03:07:36 CEST

Juanma Barranquero wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:46:31 -0400
>John Peacock <jpeacock@rowman.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Seriously, I suspect the SUBST is more likely the cause of the problem than the
>>junction (the latter being at a much deeper layer of the OS).
>>
>>
>
>See this thread on the users' list:
>http://www.contactor.se/~dast/svnusers/archive-2004-02/1367.shtml
>
>Seems like a problem with APR and NTFS junction points. I don't use
>SUBST and I'm unable to have a WC on a junction (you can have a WC on a
>dir under a junction, though).
>
>
No, it's a problem with Subversion not allowing symlinks to WC
directories (as opposed to symlinks _in_ WC directories). Or at least it
used not to; that may have been fixed in HEAD.

-- Brane

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