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Re: fdl-1.3
From: |
Alfred M\. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: fdl-1.3 |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:15:46 +0100 |
> A symlink?! This can only cause problems:
> - When 'git' is run on a Windows system (not Cygwin), AFAIK there are
> no symlinks.
In which case, git treats the file as a single line text, whose
contents would correspond to the symlink, but the contents of the
git tree make it obvious (via the different object mode) that it is
a link.
> - When 'git' is run on Linux on a vfat file system, there are
> - no symlinks.
Ditto. git can already work around such deficient file systems
when it comes to versioning the file, and hopefully no one is crazy
enough to actually try developing git on such a file system.
But makeinfo, copy and others do not work around such deficient file
systems, and one cannot expect every tool to do so.
> - When you use 'tar' with option 'h' to copy the directory, the
> copy will be different from the original: it will have the
> symlink replaced by its target's contents.
Which is perfectly fine - the copy in gnulib is for reference, and
whether it is a symlink or a copy shouldn't matter. It just made
my life as autoconf maintainer easier to be able to add a line to
cfg.mk that does 'cp gnulib/doc/fdl.texi autoconf/doc/',
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bf2204#patch2
That will not work if you do it on a vfat filesystem, all you will get
is a single line text file; which will produce the wrong info manual.
It will also not help if you wish to use fdl.texi directly on a vfat
file system.
The problem is not git handling things like this, but other programs.
> Please, can't you make fdl.texi a regular file? Either with
> contents
>
> @include fdl-1.3.texi
>
> or as a copy of fdl-1.3.texi?
This is a nice and simple solution.
- Re: fdl-1.3, (continued)
- Re: fdl-1.3, Bruno Haible, 2008/11/04
- Re: fdl-1.3, Eric Blake, 2008/11/10
- Re: fdl-1.3, Simon Josefsson, 2008/11/10
- Re: fdl-1.3, Eric Blake, 2008/11/10
- Re: fdl-1.3, Karl Berry, 2008/11/10
- Re: fdl-1.3, Eric Blake, 2008/11/10
- Re: fdl-1.3, Bruno Haible, 2008/11/10
- Re: fdl-1.3, Eric Blake, 2008/11/10
- Re: fdl-1.3,
Alfred M\. Szmidt <=
- Re: fdl-1.3, Bruno Haible, 2008/11/11
- Re: fdl-1.3, Eric Blake, 2008/11/11
- Re: fdl-1.3, Karl Berry, 2008/11/11