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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:01:16 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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In-reply-to: <19990820185820.F7062@cygnus.com> (message from Chris Faylor on
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:58:20 -0400)
Subject: Re: libcygwin.a as a symbolic link to lib{c,m}.a -- need insight
References: <19990820133204 DOT A5087 AT cygnus DOT com> <199908202229 DOT RAA28257 AT mercury DOT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu> <19990820184852 DOT B7062 AT cygnus DOT com> <199908202253 DOT SAA28267 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <19990820185820 DOT F7062 AT cygnus DOT com>

> But that was the only thing you *could* do with DJGPP, right?  It
> doesn't have symbolic links, does it?

Well, it does, but only for executables.  The choice was between dummy
libs and *no* libs for us.

Plus, symlinks on samba is a FAQ already.

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