On Jan 17 21:20, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > When trying to create a directory called `xyz` in the presence of a > directory `xyz.lnk`, the Cygwin runtime errors out with an `ENOENT`. > > The root cause is actually a bit deeper: the `symlink_info::check()` > method tries to figure out whether the given path refers to a symbolic > link as emulated via `.lnk` files, but since it is a directory, that is > not the case, and that hypothesis is rejected. > > However, the `fileattr` field is not cleared, so that a later > `.exists()` call on the instance mistakenly thinks that the symlink > actually exists. Let's clear that field. > > This fixes https://github.com/msys2/msys2-runtime/issues/81 > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> > --- > Published-As: > https://github.com/dscho/msys2-runtime/releases/tag/dont-confuse-a-xyz.lnk-directory-for-a-lnk-file-cygwin-v1 > Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/dscho/msys2-runtime > dont-confuse-a-xyz.lnk-directory-for-a-lnk-file-cygwin-v1 > > winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Pushed with adeded "Cygwin:" tag in commit summary. Thanks, Corinna
