Re: Override LN_S and support Windows symlinks

On 2025-01-10 04:21, Antonin Décimo wrote:
>>> 1. Could _AS_LN_S_PREPARE be changed to work with or recognize Cygwin
>>>      and MSYS2?
>>
>> I suppose it could, but what specific change is being proposed? It's not
>> entirely clear from your email.
> 
> Fair enough. Would it be possible to remove the `ln -s file dir` check?

Why would that be a good idea? We don't want later shell code to execute 
'ln -s F D' on systems where this command isn't equivalent to 'ln -s F D/F'.

> And would it work for AC_PROG_LN_S to set
> `as_ln_s="CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict ln -s"`? or export the
> CYGWIN or MSYS env var in the configure and config.status scripts?

I suppose so, though I'm no Cygwin expert. The former sounds less intrusive.