diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 77ad566ba8..c80c73f9e3 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.95 2002/05/17 01:19:16 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.96 2002/06/07 21:47:45 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ InstallXLogFileSegment(uint32 log, uint32 seg, char *tmppath,
 	 * overwrite an existing logfile.  However, there shouldn't be one, so
 	 * rename() is an acceptable substitute except for the truly paranoid.
 	 */
-#if !defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(N_PLAT_NLM)
+#if !defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(N_PLAT_NLM) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 	if (link(tmppath, path) < 0)
 		elog(PANIC, "link from %s to %s (initialization of log file %u, segment %u) failed: %m",
 			 tmppath, path, log, seg);