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+To: vim-dev@vim.org
+Subject: patch 7.0.228
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.0.228
+Problem:    Cygwin: problem with symlink to DOS style path.
+Solution:   Invoke cygwin_conv_to_posix_path(). (Luca Masini)
+Files:	    src/os_unix.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.0.227/src/os_unix.c	Tue Mar  6 20:27:03 2007
+--- src/os_unix.c	Mon Apr 23 22:27:16 2007
+***************
+*** 55,60 ****
+--- 55,66 ----
+  # endif
+  #endif
+  
++ #ifdef __CYGWIN__
++ # ifndef WIN32
++ #  include <sys/cygwin.h>	/* for cygwin_conv_to_posix_path() */
++ # endif
++ #endif
++ 
+  #if defined(HAVE_SELECT)
+  extern int   select __ARGS((int, fd_set *, fd_set *, fd_set *, struct timeval *));
+  #endif
+***************
+*** 2228,2233 ****
+--- 2258,2270 ----
+  
+  #ifdef VMS
+      fname = vms_fixfilename(fname);
++ #endif
++ 
++ #ifdef __CYGWIN__
++     /*
++      * This helps for when "/etc/hosts" is a symlink to "c:/something/hosts".
++      */
++     cygwin_conv_to_posix_path(fname, fname);
+  #endif
+  
+      /* expand it if forced or not an absolute path */
+*** ../vim-7.0.227/src/version.c	Thu Apr 26 16:11:47 2007
+--- src/version.c	Thu Apr 26 16:27:29 2007
+***************
+*** 668,669 ****
+--- 668,671 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     228,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
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+
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