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Re: native symlink support should fallback to default format if target missing
- From: James Gregurich <bayoubengal at mac dot com>
- To: "cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: "cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 09:07:50 -0600
- Subject: Re: native symlink support should fallback to default format if target missing
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On May 14, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 03:11:14PM -0600, James Gregurich wrote:
>>
>>> Ugh. Please no. Silently modifying the filesystem is rather surprising
>>> behavior. It gives the user no control.
>>
>> I'll repeat for emphasis... You don't need to do that. Just set the
>> default form symlink and reply on a post-processing tool to update the
>> symlink once the conditions are met.
>
> Repetition is unnecessary. Your points are simple and don't bear repeating.
I hope so. I'm awfully tired of repeating them.