From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23787 invoked by alias); 15 May 2013 02:28:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 23775 invoked by uid 89); 15 May 2013 02:28:25 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.72) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Wed, 15 May 2013 02:28:24 +0000 Received: from pool-98-110-186-170.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([98.110.186.170] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UcRS2-0008dZ-Ds for cygwin-developers@cygwin.com; Wed, 15 May 2013 02:28:22 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E1E560121 for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 22:28:21 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+FoH7AbNcVkY6dBQX9ckVR Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 02:28:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Subject: Re: native symlink support should fallback to default format if target missing Message-ID: <20130515022821.GA7752@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com References: <20130513150046.GB20319@calimero.vinschen.de> <519105F5.2080101@openafs.org> <20130513154007.GE8890@calimero.vinschen.de> <20130513185937.GA1601@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4A874440-F98D-4CC2-B6BB-F8D04CF99266@mac.com> <20130514150435.GD23910@calimero.vinschen.de> <51925E4A.4000302@openafs.org> <20130514164209.GD3425@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <6BB88EB5-D552-40EB-BF00-AC5BDBA2934E@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6BB88EB5-D552-40EB-BF00-AC5BDBA2934E@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SW-Source: 2013-05/txt/msg00022.txt.bz2 On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 03:11:14PM -0600, James Gregurich wrote: > >> Ugh. Please no. Silently modifying the filesystem is rather surprising >> behavior. It gives the user no control. > >I'll repeat for emphasis... You don't need to do that. Just set the >default form symlink and reply on a post-processing tool to update the >symlink once the conditions are met. Repetition is unnecessary. Your points are simple and don't bear repeating.