Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12119: Symlinks not supported when compiled on MSYS2 MinGW64 Windows 7

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12119: Symlinks not supported when compiled on MSYS2 MinGW64 Windows 7
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-16 00:58:25

#12119: Symlinks not supported when compiled on MSYS2 MinGW64 Windows 7
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  Reporter:  Mario Emmenlauer <mario@…>  |      Owner:  bemandawes
      Type:  Bugs                        |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  To Be Determined            |  Component:  filesystem
   Version:  Boost 1.61.0                |   Severity:  Problem
Resolution:                              |   Keywords:
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Comment (by steven_watanabe):

 This issue is confusing two separate things.  The "symlinks supported"
 message printed by the build system does not affect Boost.Filesystem.  It
 only affects generation of headers under boost/ when building from git.

 Second, the reason that symlinks work under cygwin (and probably msys2) is
 that cygwin has its own symlinks which are really just specially formatted
 text files.  By default on Windows 7, a normal user does not have
 permission to create symlinks, which is why both Boost.Build and
 Boost.Filesystem fail to create them.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/12119#comment:4>
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