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Re: dev_dir_style and symlinks: msg#00121

Subject: Re: dev_dir_style and symlinks
On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 01:23, Walter Franzini wrote:
> Walter Franzini disse:
> 
> > I've noticed that derived symlinks are *not* copied even if they are in
> > the baseline.  I think the derived_at_start_only is harmless.
> 
> Now I've seen this is intentional and not a bug as my previous message
> suggested.
> However I think this behaviour can confuse some software's (incorrect?)
> build stage because it can create some unexpected directory structures.

This behaviour could be enhanced, particularly for symlinks Aegis did
not create.  The challenge, of course, is figuring out that Aegis did
not create them, and thus it is necessary to reproduce them in the
development directory.  GNU Libtool has irritating behaviour like this.

-- 
Peter Miller <millerp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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