Don't use shared pkg .cache directory any more on Windows

The directory junctions created by `symlink` are proving too problematic with respect to network drives. This essentially reverts #7361. Ref #14026 and #14205.
JuliaLang · Dec 2, 2015 · 61d1087 · 61d1087
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commit 61d1087
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 9 deletions.
diff --git a/base/pkg/cache.jl b/base/pkg/cache.jl
@@ -18,19 +18,13 @@ function mkcachedir()
         return
     end
 
-    @windows_only if Base.windows_version() < Base.WINDOWS_VISTA_VER
-        mkdir(cache)
-        return
-    end
-    if Dir.isversioned(pwd())
+    @unix_only if Dir.isversioned(pwd())
         rootcache = joinpath(realpath(".."), ".cache")
         if !isdir(rootcache)
             mkdir(rootcache)
         end
-        try
-            symlink(rootcache, cache)
-            return
-        end
+        symlink(rootcache, cache)
+        return
     end
     mkdir(cache)
 end