On Mar 22 16:51, Johannes Schindelin via Cygwin-patches wrote: > When installing e.g. Python via the Windows Store, it is common that the > `python3.exe` entry in the `PATH` is not actually an executable at all, > but an "app executaion alias" (i.e. a special class of reparse point). > > These filesystem entries are presented as 0-size files, but they are not > readable, which is why Cygwin has problems to execute them, with the error > message "Permission denied". > > This issue has been reported a couple of times in the Git for Windows and > in the MSYS2 project, and even in Cygwin > (https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2020-May/244969.html, the thread > devolved into a discussion about Thunderbird vs Outlook before long, > though). > > The second patch fixes that, and for good measure, the first patch teaches > Cygwin to treat these reparse points as symbolic links. > > Changes since v1: > > - Introduce and use `struct _REPARSE_APPEXECLINK_BUFFER`. > > Johannes Schindelin (2): > Treat Windows Store's "app execution aliases" as symbolic links > Allow executing Windows Store's "app execution aliases" > > winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc | 7 +++++++ > 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
I decided to apply this now, while we're still discussing the osf handle problem. Pushed with two fixes. I prepended "Cygwin:" to the git log subject and I patched this compile time problem: path.cc: In function ‘int check_reparse_point_target(HANDLE, bool, PREPARSE_DATA_BUFFER, PUNICODE_STRING)’: path.cc:2581:25: error: ‘struct _REPARSE_APPEXECLINK_BUFFER’ has no member named ‘Strings’ 2581 | WCHAR *buf = rpl->Strings; | ^~~~~~~ I also added this to the release notes. Thanks, Corinna