Re: Jam on cygwin build problem

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-20 07:22:35

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> The "bin.cygwinx86/jam.exe" file exists, so I don't understand the error
> message. Everything works if I run
> 
> ln -sf jam.exe bin.cygwinx68/bjam.exe
> 
> (That is, create a symbolic link). I suspect the problem is that hard
> links are not supported by cygwin at all.

Actually, I figured out that hardlinks don't work if I do them on
Samba-mounted directory. That's kind of inconvenient -- I mount everything
via Samba. Maybe, we should switch to using symlinks?

- Volodya