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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0012986CMakeCMakepublic2012-02-21 03:162012-09-03 16:02
ReporterDave Abrahams 
Assigned ToBrad King 
PrioritylowSeverityfeatureReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusclosedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformApple MacOSOS XOS Version10.4.10
Product VersionCMake 2.8.7 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0012986: Portable directory symlinking with -E
DescriptionIt would be great if I could create an NTFS directory symlink with -E create_symlink
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duplicate of 0013162closed Kitware Robot create_symlink command portability 
related to 0012376closed Kitware Robot Add symlink support 
related to 0005177closed Bill Hoffman cmake -E create_symlink issues 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2012-02-21 03:16Dave AbrahamsNew Issue
2012-02-21 03:25Michael WildNote Added: 0028671
2012-02-21 08:01Brad KingRelationship addedrelated to 0012376
2012-02-21 08:02Brad KingRelationship addedrelated to 0005177
2012-04-24 08:48Brad KingNote Added: 0029319
2012-04-24 08:48Brad KingRelationship addedduplicate of 0013162
2012-04-24 08:48Brad KingStatusnew => resolved
2012-04-24 08:48Brad KingResolutionopen => duplicate
2012-04-24 08:48Brad KingAssigned To => Brad King
2012-09-03 16:02David ColeNote Added: 0030895
2012-09-03 16:02David ColeStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0028671)
Michael Wild   
2012-02-21 03:25   
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link#Restrictions [^] for why creating symlinks on WIN32 is a PITA. You wouldn't want a password dialog popping up every time a new symlink is created by CMake, possibly hundreds of times, right? And telling your users to modify the security settings is also not a real solution ;-)
(0029319)
Brad King   
2012-04-24 08:48   
Resolving as duplicate of the more recent issue 0013162 because that one subsumes this one (as in generalization of symlink creation support to handle all types of NTFS symlinks).
(0030895)
David Cole   
2012-09-03 16:02   
Closing resolved issues that have not been updated in more than 4 months.