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In message <199805261825.UAA07236@sos.freebsd.dk>, Søren Schmidt writes:

>> Variant symlinks anyone?
>
>That was exactly what I asked for before we started on the ELF game :)
>
>Like Domain OS and DGUX has them, yes yes yes....
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>Its just that they are a mess to do right....

Not if you don't make the mistake of merging them with the environment.

and btw:  YES!

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Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
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