* Martin Gainty (03-03-25 18:51 +0100) > I am doing a make of mysql and am getting the error: > > libmysqld/sql_derived.cc: You are trying to create a symlink on a win32 file > system. > This file type is not supported on this platform.
What has that got to do with /etc/hosts? No application running under Cygwin knows that /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/etc/hosts is in fact %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. Thorsten -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental Advisory) Content-Transfer-Warning: message contains innuendos not suited for children under the age of 18 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
