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bug#20113: windows binary contains two identical executables


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#20113: windows binary contains two identical executables
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:06:10 +0200

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org,  mariovalspi@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:37:11 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Yes.  It's a feature: it allows you to later override emacs.exe with a
> > newer version, but keep the other one for reference, if you need it.
> 
> I wonder if this is worth it on MS Windows.

I think it is, even beyond the usual argument of behaving the same on
all platforms.

> IIUC, install does not install the binaries to a single /usr/local/bin
> equivalent, instead each Emacs version lives under an entirely separate
> top-level directory?

Nope, not anymore.  Not since we switched to Posix-like build
procedures.  See nt/README.

> > Ideally, they should be hard links to the same data, but AFAIK zip
> > files on Windows don't support hard links.
> 
> What about symbolic?

Symbolic links are a PITA on Windows, even on those newer versions
where they are supported.  E.g., their creation requires privileges.





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