If the last component of the directory name is a symlink followed by a
slash, rmdir now fails, following Linux but not POSIX, even if the
symlink resolves to an existing empty directory.
mkdir was similarly changed in 2009 in commit
52dba6a5c4
. Modify a comment to clarify
the purpose of that commit.
Addresses https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2019-09/msg00221.html.
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