[patch] 3.7.1p2: slogin symlink fixes

Ben Lindstrom mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org
Sun Nov 16 17:45:50 EST 2003


On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> Hello,
>
>  There are three small problems with the "slogin" and "slogin.1" symlinks
> created upon installation:
>
> 1. "./" is included in the target path unnecessarily.
>
> 2. Symlinks are assumed to be available, while only hardlinks could.
>

Are we trying to solve a real world problem here?  Or is just change for
the sake of change?  What platform do these two things cause hardships on?

> 3. EXEEXT is not respected for slogin.
>

Can I get someone on Cygwin platform to verify this?  That would be the
only platform this affects.

- Ben




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