Date:	Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:36:51 +0200
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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	Hans-Bernhard Broeker on Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:37:02 +0200 (MET DST))
Subject:	Re: Update __solve_dir_symlinks() patch
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> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:37:02 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
> 
> If at all, we could make 'unlink("/dev/env/FOO");' a synonym for removing
> environment variable FOO, with an error returned if it doesn't exist.

This currently removes the file whose name is the value of $FOO, if
such a file exists.  So the above is an incompatible behavior.

FWIW, I don't think we should add more features, which stand on their
own right, to /dev/env.  /dev/env was invented for one specific
purpose: to allow to build programs that have static file names built
into them, and still work correctly on any DJGPP installation.  This
just works well, but adding more kludges might be too much for its
fragile implementation.

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