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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.include.dist 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 05 Jun 1997 09:22:20 +1000."
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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 16:26:58 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I believe mtree being able to selectively not follow symlinks would be
> a possible solution here.

I think that's also a good idea but, as I said in my other mail, I
think the true evil here that we have SHARED=copies on systems which
have simply installed a bin dist and we have SHARED=symlinks as the
default in /usr/src/include/Makefile so that anyone building the world
suddenly diverges from the path.

I can also see where the original designers may have thought this a
very clever, space-saving idea but it's also Deeply Wrong and should
die now. :-)

					Jordan