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[issue6727] ImportError when package is symlinked on Windows

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Nov 26, 2009, 3:45 AM

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[issue6727] ImportError when package is symlinked on Windows

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan [at] gmail> added the comment:

Given that you had to use ctypes to create the symlinks on Windows in
the first place, I'd say you're right :)

Probably the first step would be to make sure the nt OS and path modules
get Windows symlink support (although even that may not be enough, due
to the bootstrapping issues with file access and the import machinery).

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Nov 26, 2009, 8:13 AM

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[issue6727] ImportError when package is symlinked on Windows [In reply to]

Jason R. Coombs <jaraco [at] jaraco> added the comment:

I agree that a proper solution might include full symlink support.

However, symlink support for windows (issue1578269) is taking some time
to develop and will likely never be available for Python 2.

My feeling is that a symlink naive implementation (such as Python is
now), should treat symlinks in a naive manner -- that is, treat them as
regular files and directories and let the OS perform the abstraction.

I hope to begin investigating this after I've closed out issue1578269,
although I'd be happy if someone else wanted to address this issue
beforehand.

If it's possible to address this in a straightforward way independent of
a symlink-aware Python interpreter, that would be desirable.

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