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Date:      Mon, 18 Jun 2001 04:43:31 +0400
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
Cc:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, bde@zeta.org.au, imp@harmony.village.org, steveo@eircom.net, david@catwhisker.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: symlink(2) [Was: Re: tcsh.cat]
Message-ID:  <20010618044330.B54578@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200106180026.f5I0QGR09184@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 05:26:16PM -0700
References:  <200106170518.f5H5I6V44586@harmony.village.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106172154520.582-100000@besplex.bde.org> <20010617113141A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <20010617231418.A60728@nagual.pp.ru> <200106172128.f5HLSe108208@earth.backplane.com> <20010618015913.A45621@nagual.pp.ru> <200106172204.f5HM46608526@earth.backplane.com> <20010618021122.A45861@nagual.pp.ru> <200106180026.f5I0QGR09184@earth.backplane.com>

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On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 17:26:16 -0700, Matt Dillon wrote:
> 
>     If something in the build is creating empty symlinks under certain
>     circumstances, that something should be fixed.  The problem isn't ln -s.

There is nothing to fix. Sometimes 'make install' instead 'make
installworld' typed can produce this. Of course, install procedure can be
complicated to make it foolprof, but I think the system must be fixed
instead to not resolve illegal names. It is not good idea to
produce workarounds of illegal names out of the system.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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