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Mikko Mononen @mikkomononen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Any caveas using symlinks on Windows? Context: In the Skribidi project, I have a set of assets that the example needs (fonts, etc). Currently they are copied to the bin folder in windows, and symlink on other systems. I wonder if there's something with Windows symlinks that will say meh?

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Mikko Mononen @mikkomononen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I know that symlinks have been a thing only since Win10, but I think that is ok for the example case.

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Mikko Mononen @mikkomononen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Some further googling shows the it might require special privileges: github.com/ament/ament_...

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Symlinking on Windows needs privilege · Issue #350 · ament/ament_cmake

As far as I understand, in the default configuration symlinking on Windows needs special privileges. Here ament_cmake/ament_cmake_python/cmake/ament_python_install_package.cmake Lines 108 to 121 in...

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