> > > I just checked from the MinGW console and I see:
> > > [snip]
> > > It accepts ln -s, but does nothing with it.
> >
> > And even if it had worked, it wouldn't really matter, since
> we don't
> > actually want to *run* the system under MinGW/msys, just build it.
> >
> > I think the idea of implementing in symlinks for non-compliant
> > platforms in md.c has some merit. FWIW, looks like that is
> how cygwin
> > implements symlinks...
>
> Why can't we use MS Win32 shortcut files to simulate
> symlinks? MinGW doesn't do it, so I suppose it isn't possible.
Shortcut files are *only* a GUI feature. If you do a "dir" in the
filesystem they show up as a file. If you issue open() or similar on
them (for example, by doing "type" on the command prompt), you will get
the .lnk file, not the file it points to.
//Magnus