#509: tools/dev/install_files.pl did not care about symlinks
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Reporter: gerd | Owner: jkeenan
Type: todo | Status: assigned
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: install | Version: 1.0.0
Severity: medium | Keywords:
Lang: | Patch: new
Platform: linux |
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Changes (by jkeenan):
* cc: Austin_Hastings (added)
Comment:
Replying to [comment:11 particle]:
>
> i'm afraid this won't be good enough. for example, many linux distros
allow a user to mount fat32 filesystems, which do not support symlinks.
therefore, it is not sufficient to test the 'system' for symlink support.
the filesystem (or filesystems) where the build is performed must be
tested for symlink support during the build, and the filesystem (or
filesystems) where parrot is to be installed must be tested for symlink
support during install.
>
> anything less will not be portable.
>
> this brings up an interesting point, we have no linux systems with fat32
mounts to my knowledge in our smoke farm. these configurations would make
interesting additions, to help us challenge our assumptions about
filesystems throughout our codebase.
>
Okay. I think your point is very similar to the point made by Austin in
TT #799.
kid51
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