Re: compile-time configuration, etc.

Paul Jarc (Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:55:39PM -0400):
> Stefan Karrmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If you want to use the directory '..' think of symlinks. The inode of ..
> > is not aware of symlinks. Thus, you may use the wrong directory.
> 
> - There's no need to use ".."; everything can be done with the
>   top-level package directory as the cwd.
> - While it's good to support symlinks in certain situations where they
>   are known to be useful (sharing, etc.), there's no need to support
>   symlinks everywhere; e.g., it's entirely reasonable to require that
>   compile/ itself be a real directory, not a symlink.  In that case,
>   compile/.. will always work.

Well, I link compile into /tmp . It does not hurt if it is deleted.

Sincerly,
-- 
Stefan