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| author | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2020-03-10 12:11:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2020-03-10 12:11:45 +0200 |
| commit | d932899aa393e36f59ddc0480f2675a340f7960c (patch) | |
| tree | 718c4e5a11d2f1f029138e6e9187d6143308f590 /libbuild2/cc/link-rule.cxx | |
| parent | 386c0bcda597914671dfeb4e1391f41e71465e91 (diff) | |
Force hard links inside backlinked DLL assembly directory
Windows does not allow the manifest file inside to be a symlink for some
(probably security) reasons.
Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/cc/link-rule.cxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/cc/link-rule.cxx | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/cc/link-rule.cxx b/libbuild2/cc/link-rule.cxx index 056c5c4..5917419 100644 --- a/libbuild2/cc/link-rule.cxx +++ b/libbuild2/cc/link-rule.cxx @@ -1076,7 +1076,8 @@ namespace build2 // The problem is the Windows DLL assembly "logic" refuses to // recognize a junction as a valid assembly for some reason. So we // are going to resort to copy-link (i.e., a real directory with a - // bunch of links). + // bunch of links). Note also that while DLLs can be symlinked, + // the assembly manifest cannot (has to be hard-linked or copied). // // Interestingly, the directory symlink works just fine under // Wine. So we only resort to copy-link'ing if we are running on |