Message-ID:	<39A382E5.7A260E27@softhome.net>
Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:53:09 +0200
From:	Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Symlinks are done!
References:	<200008222143 DOT QAA19498 AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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Jeff Williams wrote:
> Hmmm.  The DJGPP port of RCS involved the addition of some code to
> handle symbolic links.  The relevant portion of the readme file is
> attached; can someone say from this if the code added to the RCS port
> is now (completely or partially) redundant, or would cause problems
> for a rebuild of the RCS port, now that symlink support has been added
> to DJGPP?

I don't know RCS code handy, nor I use its binaries, but it 
seems that symlink code can go away safely.

> Note
> that this differs from the standard symbolic link which may be
> relative.  

IMHO the code should be cleaned of any DJGPP specific places (if any), 
where it assumes that symlink target is always absolute directory.

Laurynas

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