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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 19:15:56 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> What, even without /home/joe/src/obj?  How about if joe had:
> 
>     /home/joe/src/obj.i386 -> /home/joe/i386/obj
>     /home/joe/src/obj.sparc -> /home/joe/sparc/obj

That never worked. :-)

> I think I remember some implementation bugs along these lines.  That's
> a far cry from being a design bug, though.

It's fundamentally the same thing if a) nobody is going to fix it and
b) it impacts your work.  Who cares if it was design or implementation
related if you're still suffering either way?

					Jordan