On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 01:45:03 +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > > Also, would it be possible for darcs simply to detect those cases, and > > not create the links in those cases? > > The issue here is that Darcs linked files at a time when they were > readable by Alice, but Bob changed the permissions later on. Contrary > to popular belief, lazy evaluation is not implemented using premonition, > and Darcs has no way of knowing that Bob will dump Alice for Chloe > (Damian's former girlfriend, but Damian is now with Eve) and change > the permissions later on.
:-) Well, I was hoping for something simple, like "only link to things I own, because then I don't have to worry about any permissions shifting under my feet" -- Eric Kow http://www.loria.fr/~kow PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9 Merci de corriger mon français.
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