Re: Small suggestion on build script - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Small suggestion on build script
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Msg-id 21186.1081487464@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Small suggestion on build script  ("Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>)
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"Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com> writes:
> The response from the Mingw team:

>> Symbolic links to files and directories do not work on Win32
>> in general.  Support for symlink operation is limited to the source
>> directory or file existing and being able to copy the source to the
>> destination.

The source does exist, and they should be able to copy it to the
destination, and they do manage to do so much of the time.  I think
you failed to convey the critical point, which is that they randomly
fail to do what they claim to be able to do.
        regards, tom lane


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