[Bug 14501] New: docs incorrectly claim that unc paths work

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14501

           Summary: docs incorrectly claim that unc paths work
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: documentation
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: codeslinger at compsalot.com


The docs for unc path are wrong they do not reflect reality.  
According to the docs 
http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-guide/misc-things-to-configure#AEN415

and also according to this rather odious comment
http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2007-August/027715.html

unc paths, should work, all you do is create a symlink and you are done.

Well, I am under intense deadline pressure and I just spent two days of effort
trying to get a client/server app to run that requires unc paths.  And finally
after a lot of study and banging of head against brick wall, finally I find
this bug #425 which makes it pretty darn clear that not only does unc path not
work, but it never actually has worked!!!!

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425


So I ask that you kindly please fix the docs so that others are not subjected
to the same levels of tribulations which I have just needlessly gone through. 
That bug has been open since 2002, I see no indication that it is going to get
fixed any time soon.

I have the highest respect and admiration for the winehq project and the people
who created it, but this sort of thing is a major black mark against wine.  I
will be very reluctant to attempt to use wine in the future.


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