update the note about Windows symlinks

GH-7534 and GH-7545 disabled the use of symlinks for copying local ISOs, 
per:

https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/master/common/step_download.go#L106

Update the documentation to match, as without reading the source it is 
implied that this should work.
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Chris Cunningham 2020-02-06 17:38:57 +01:00
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@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ import (
// * Amazon S3
//
//
// \~> On windows - when referencing a local iso - if packer is running
// without symlinking rights, the iso will be copied to the cache folder. Read
// [Symlinks in Windows 10
// !](https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/)
// for more info.
// \~> On Windows, using a symlink to refer to local files is currently
// unsupported. Packer will always copy a local iso into the Packer cache
// directory.
//
// Examples:
// go-getter can guess the checksum type based on `iso_checksum` len.