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Re: automake datadir files location and versioning

From: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>
To: tromey at redhat dot com
Cc: Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu at faw dot uni-ulm dot de>, Jens Petersen <petersen at redhat dot com>, automake at gnu dot org
Date: 23 Jan 2002 17:15:01 +0100
Subject: Re: automake datadir files location and versioning
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> writes:

>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de> writes:
Ralf> automake -a -f -c [Don't use symlinks at all]

Tom> Maybe, going forward, we should just always copy these files?
Tom> I.e., never symlink?  Thoughts?

I have always considered it wrong to install symlinks by default.
There was once a debate about this on Autoconf, and as a result,
autoreconf copies by default, and symlinks on demand.

BTW, it means that by default, it passes --copy to automake.

References:
- automake datadir files location and versioning
  - From: Jens Petersen
- Re: automake datadir files location and versioning
  - From: Tom Tromey
- Re: automake datadir files location and versioning
  - From: Jens Petersen
- Re: automake datadir files location and versioning
  - From: Ralf Corsepius
- Re: automake datadir files location and versioning
  - From: Tom Tromey

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