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Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/cygwin/environ.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/cygwin/environ.cc | 19 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc b/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc index 175c516ed..f73c232c9 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc @@ -97,9 +97,22 @@ set_winsymlinks (const char *buf) else if (ascii_strncasematch (buf, "lnk", 3)) allow_winsymlinks = WSYM_lnk; /* Make sure to try native symlinks only on systems supporting them. */ - else if (ascii_strncasematch (buf, "native", 6) - && wincap.max_sys_priv () >= SE_CREATE_SYMBOLIC_LINK_PRIVILEGE) - allow_winsymlinks = WSYM_native; + else if (ascii_strncasematch (buf, "native", 6)) + { + if (wincap.max_sys_priv () < SE_CREATE_SYMBOLIC_LINK_PRIVILEGE) + { + if (!user_shared->warned_nonativesyms) + { + small_printf ("\"winsymlinks:%s\" option detected in CYGWIN environment variable.\n" + "Native symlinks are not supported on Windows versions prior to\n" + "Windows Vista/Server 2008. This option will be ignored.\n", buf); + user_shared->warned_nonativesyms = 1; + } + } + else + allow_winsymlinks = ascii_strcasematch (buf + 6, "strict") + ? WSYM_nativestrict : WSYM_native; + } } /* The structure below is used to set up an array which is used to |