From: "bdeck" <bdeck AT lycos DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Release 7 of DJGPP port of fileutils 4.1
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:58:12 +0200
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"Richard Dawe" <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
news:200308312059 DOT h7VKxL613609 AT delorie DOT com...
> Hello.
>
> fileutils is a set of file management programs like cp, mv, rm, mkdir.
Release
> 7 of the port of fileutils 4.1 to DJGPP is now available.

Uh, question ... :-) Since upgrading to this latest fileutils, I see quite a
few failures from 'ln' trying to link objects over directories say:

D:\USR\DJGPP\TMP>ln -s /dev/env/DJDIR/bin/python.exe python2.2.exe
ln: creating symbolic link `python2.2.exe' to
`/dev/env/DJDIR/bin/python.exe': I
mproper link (EXDEV)

This behaviour can sometimes be benificial (like when a Makefile erroniously
tries to link a permanent exe to "./<xyz>.exe", but most of the time it is a
bit of a nuisance...

Are there plans to change this?

Ben