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 -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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