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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:08:57 -0400
From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: libcygwin.a as a symbolic link to lib{c,m}.a -- need insight
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In-Reply-To: <199908202301.TAA28345@envy.delorie.com>; from DJ Delorie on Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 07:01:16PM -0400

On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 07:01:16PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> 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.

Hmm.  That means that it comes down to considering the likelihood that
someone is running a configure script which expects libc.a to contain
something useful versus the likelihood that someone will install the
tools on a remote share and that they will require the use of libc.a.

I think the former is a greater group than the latter.

cgf