Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1998/05/29/20:30:56
> 1. Make the stub exec `loadname', instead of loading directly from it. I
Too complex. The stub's symlink facilities are very crude; they were
designed to handle the simple cases like fgrep/grep. If you want real
symbolic links, install Linux.
> 2. Make `symlink' fail if it tries to create a link to a link. How that
Can't. The target file might not yet exist, or might change in the
future. We have to rely on it dealing with the runtime conditions.
> 3. Change the message to something less confusing to a newbie, and have the
No. The virus threat is *real* and warning them about it is very
important.
> 4. Document it. There may be problems; perhaps some Unix makefiles expect
Yes. Perhaps the symlink program could print a *warning* if it can't
prove the target is a COFF program, but I think that's the best we can
do.
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