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Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 23:29:09 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: symlinks
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Robert Collins wrote:

> When extracting tarballs, should setup create 'native' symlinks or magic
> cookie symlinks?


I thought the magic cookie (!<symlink>target) symlinks were deprecated. 
Currently, "ln -s" makes "special" .lnk shortcuts; I think setup should do 
the same -- there should be no difference between the following scenarios:

1) install the "official" foo package using setup
2) download foo-src and do a "make install"

In both cases, any symlinks created should be the same -- and that means 
.lnk.  (Currently, it *appears* that this is not the case: 2) creates .lnk 
symlinks, but 1) makes magic cookie symlinks)

--Chuck