Cygwin: add "app execution aliases" treatment to release notes

Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]>
MediaTek-Labs · Mar 23, 2021 · f578883 · f578883
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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.2.0 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.2.0
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ What changed:
 
 - facl(2) now fails with EBADF on a file opened with O_PATH.
 
+- Allow to start Windows Store executables via their "app execution
+  aliases".  Handle these aliases (which are special reparse points)
+  as symlinks to the actual executables.
+
 
 Bug Fixes
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ work.
 facl(2) now fails with EBADF on a file opened with O_PATH.
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>
+- Allow to start Windows Store executables via their "app execution
+  aliases".  Handle these aliases (which are special reparse points)
+  as symlinks to the actual executables.
+</para></listitem>
+
 </itemizedlist>
 
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