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Ticket UUID: 1852661
Title: file link fails on windows XP with mingw
Type: Bug Version: obsolete: 8.5b3
Submitter: mpc_janssen Created on: 2007-12-17 20:56:29
Subsystem: 37. File System Assigned To: jan.nijtmans
Priority: 7 High Severity: Minor
Status: Closed Last Modified: 2013-06-07 11:27:04
Resolution: Out of Date Closed By: jan.nijtmans
    Closed on: 2013-06-07 11:27:04
Description:
The following script fails with HEAD on Windows XP

% cd c:/Temp
% file mkdir a
% file link b a
could not create new link "b" pointing to "a": invalid argument

This works in 8.5b3

% file delete a
% file mkdir a
% file link b a
a


configured with

./configure --prefix=/usr --enablet-hreads

$ gcc --version
gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.5 (mingw special)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Attached is a full log of a run of the test.suite with failures in cmdAH.test fCmd.test and fileName.test
User Comments: jan.nijtmans added on 2013-06-07 11:27:04:
Tried the same with current core-8-5-branch and latest mingw32, cannot reproduce this problem any more.

hobbs added on 2007-12-18 04:03:47:
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Confirmed with gcc build - NOT a problem with MSVC build.

mpc_janssen added on 2007-12-18 03:56:29:

File Added - 258931: test.out

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