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Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/cygwin/path.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc index 035872d37..88080e176 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc @@ -1700,6 +1700,11 @@ symlink_native (const char *oldpath, path_conv &win32_newpath) SetLastError (ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND); return -1; } + /* Don't allow native symlinks to Cygwin special files. However, the + caller shoud know because this case shouldn't be covered by the + default "nativestrict" behaviour, so we use a special return code. */ + if (win32_oldpath.isspecial ()) + return -2; /* Convert native paths to Win32 UNC paths. */ final_newpath = win32_newpath.get_nt_native_path (); final_newpath->Buffer[1] = L'\\'; @@ -1843,8 +1848,9 @@ symlink_worker (const char *oldpath, const char *newpath, bool isdevice) res = symlink_native (oldpath, win32_newpath); if (!res) __leave; - /* Strictly native? Too bad. */ - if (wsym_type == WSYM_nativestrict) + /* Strictly native? Too bad, unless the target is a Cygwin + special file. */ + if (res == -1 && wsym_type == WSYM_nativestrict) { __seterrno (); __leave; |