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Re: libcygwin.a as a symbolic link to lib{c,m}.a -- need insight

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
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