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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.