Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12119: Symlinks not supported when compiled on MSYS2 MinGW64 Windows 7
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-10 20:56:54
#12119: Symlinks not supported when compiled on MSYS2 MinGW64 Windows 7
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Reporter: Mario Emmenlauer <mario@â¦> | Owner: bemandawes
Type: Bugs | Status: new
Milestone: To Be Determined | Component: filesystem
Version: Boost 1.61.0 | Severity: Problem
Keywords: |
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I will try to follow up this issue a bit further myself, but wanted to
report it ASAP to help others and track the progress. I compiled the boost
package on MSYS2 (standard package source compile) and found that it
prints "symlinks supported: no". So far I could not find why this is the
case, because symlinks should certainly be supported on this
system/environment. When I force-disable this check, symlink support does
get compiled into boost, and I get further.
Creating symlinks still fails for me, but this might be an unrelated
(permission) issue: It fails now with "Got exception
boost::filesystem::create_symlink: A required privilege is not held by the
client:".
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