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Re: native symlink support should fallback to default format if target missing
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 22:28:21 -0400
- Subject: Re: native symlink support should fallback to default format if target missing
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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.