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@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2015-11-24 David Macek <david.macek.0@gmail.com>
+ * pathnames.xml: Add a section describing peculiarities of how Cygwin
+ creates NTFS symlinks.
+
+2015-11-24 David Macek <david.macek.0@gmail.com>
+
* faq-using.xml: Add Forefront TMG to the BLODA.
2015-11-21 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
index cdbf9fad6..9077303b4 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
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@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ these two settings, see <xref linkend="using-cygwinenv"></xref>.
On AFS, native symlinks are the only supported type of symlink due to
AFS lacking support for DOS attributes. This is independent from the
<literal>winsymlinks</literal> setting.</para>
+<para>Creation of native symlinks follows special rules to ensure the links
+are usable outside of Cygwin. This includes dereferencing any Cygwin-only
+symlinks that lie in the target path.</para>
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