From 1cd1dc2bdf2511db7602965bec50ac68ad7799d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: corinna Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:40:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * cygwinenv.sgml (cygwinenv-implemented-options): Try to make compatibility new symlinks vs. old Cygwin clearer. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml | 10 ++++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index ed656afc28..27cf8f1be0 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-01-12 Corinna Vinschen + + * cygwinenv.sgml (cygwinenv-implemented-options): Try to make + compatibility new symlinks vs. old Cygwin clearer. + 2010-01-10 Corinna Vinschen * pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Add info that posix=0 is default for diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml index afd5392af2..23e4d64fc3 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml @@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ variables. The current list of always uppercased variables is: symlinks as Windows shortcuts with a special header and the R/O attribute set. If not set, Cygwin creates symlinks as plain files with a magic number, a path and the system attribute set. Defaults to not set since plain -file symlinks are faster to write and faster to read. The new style of -plain file symlinks is incompatible with older Cygwin releases because -the new symlinks use UTF-16 to encode the target filename, while the -old symlinks used the current ANSI or OEM charset. +file symlinks are faster to write and faster to read. + +Please note that symlinks created under Cygwin 1.7 or later are +not readable by older Cygwin releases because the new symlinks use UTF-16 +to encode the target filename, while the old symlinks used the current +ANSI or OEM charset. -- 2.11.0