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Re: native symlink support should fallback to default format if target missing


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 03:11:14PM -0600, James Gregurich wrote:
>
>> Ugh.  Please no.  Silently modifying the filesystem is rather surprising
>> behavior.  It gives the user no control.
>
>I'll repeat for emphasis...  You don't need to do that.  Just set the
>default form symlink and reply on a post-processing tool to update the
>symlink once the conditions are met.

Repetition is unnecessary.  Your points are simple and don't bear repeating.


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