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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml | 10 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index ed656afc2..27cf8f1be 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-01-12 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * cygwinenv.sgml (cygwinenv-implemented-options): Try to make + compatibility new symlinks vs. old Cygwin clearer. + 2010-01-10 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> * pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Add info that posix=0 is default for diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml index afd5392af..23e4d64fc 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml @@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ variables. The current list of always uppercased variables is:</para> symlinks as Windows shortcuts with a special header and the R/O attribute set. If not set, Cygwin creates symlinks as plain files with a magic number, a path and the system attribute set. Defaults to not set since plain -file symlinks are faster to write and faster to read. The new style of -plain file symlinks is incompatible with older Cygwin releases because -the new symlinks use UTF-16 to encode the target filename, while the -old symlinks used the current ANSI or OEM charset.</para> +file symlinks are faster to write and faster to read.</para> + +<para>Please note that symlinks created under Cygwin 1.7 or later are +not readable by older Cygwin releases because the new symlinks use UTF-16 +to encode the target filename, while the old symlinks used the current +ANSI or OEM charset.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> |