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Date:      Sun, 12 Jul 1998 01:38:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:      ADRIAN Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        joelh@gnu.org, dchapes@ddm.on.ca, rminnich@Sarnoff.COM, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Improvemnet of ln(1).
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980712013642.14593A-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com>
In-Reply-To: <199807110848.BAA16020@usr08.primenet.com>

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On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > I've many times used ln(1) to create what you call 'questionable links'
> > > on purpose and I'd _hate_ warnings.
> > 
> > You frequently link to files that don't exist?  I generally consider
> > that to be putting the cart before the cat(1), er, horse.  But it's
> > your system.
> 
> I don't do it frequently, but yes, I do this occasionally.
> 
> In a number of cases, I do this in makefiles, and I do this to
> create links into a non-existant object tree.

	Don't you also do this to set operational flags for phkmalloc?
Questionable links have their purpose in life, even if somewhat esoteric
at times.

	Adrian
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