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| author | Egor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com> | 2021-01-04 13:02:07 +0300 |
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| committer | Egor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com> | 2021-01-04 13:02:07 +0300 |
| commit | 65ec4a1b55cd54bdbe38bd80376601c8fa31f9d7 (patch) | |
| tree | d24b00fbfb3f459ad0a56d3d3a268a0cf44bd470 | |
| parent | rename symlinks-to-hardlinks to just hardlinks (diff) | |
| download | setup-cygwin-65ec4a1b55cd54bdbe38bd80376601c8fa31f9d7.tar.gz setup-cygwin-65ec4a1b55cd54bdbe38bd80376601c8fa31f9d7.zip | |
README: update
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@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ the `packages` parameter. (C:\tools\cygwin is the default). * The `CYGWIN` environment variable is set to an empty string by default. Provide a custom value using the `env` parameter. -* Some packages install symlinks in /usr/bin along with real executables. -An example is package python3, which (as of January 2021) installs symlink -"python3", pointing to the real executable "python3.8.exe". -Calling Cygwin symlinks from Windows' command prompt is unsupported, but -there's an option to convert them to hardlinks instead (the `hardlinks` -parameter). API --- @@ -49,6 +43,16 @@ API The paths to the Cygwin binaries are added to the PATH variable. +Notes +----- + +1. Some packages install symlinks in /usr/bin along with real executables. +An example is package "python3", which (as of January 2021) installs symlink +`python3`, pointing to the real executable `python3.8.exe`. +Calling Cygwin symlinks from Windows' command prompt is unsupported, but might +be convenient (e.g. if you don't know the exact Python version), so there's an +option to convert them to hardlinks instead (the `hardlinks` parameter). + License ------- |