Windows: Create a dangling junction when symlink target doesn't exist

On Unix system, `ln -s foo bar` will create an dangling symlink bar -> foo
even foo doesn't exist. The current implementation of createSymbolicLink for
Windows fails in this situtation. And this lead to #2474.

In this change, we create a dangling junction when the target doesn't exist
which mimics the behavior on Unix.

Fixed https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/2474

Change-Id: I442ca3e2fb20b76c9b5bbfee903299fe51481f43
PiperOrigin-RevId: 157694631
1 file changed
tree: 2acea2b3688bf48d58ed426c060618fa51952276
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  8. .gitignore
  9. AUTHORS
  10. BUILD
  11. CHANGELOG.md
  12. combine_distfiles.sh
  13. compile.sh
  14. CONTRIBUTING.md
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