Re: [PATCH] Makefile: USE_SYMLINK option

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Matthias Lederhofer <matled@xxxxxxx> writes:

> I found no real drawback using symlinks and symlinks are sometimes
> more practical, for example when copying/creating a tarball of the
> installation.

Well, tar handles hard links just fine, thanks.  The real
drawbacks of doing symlinks people often cite (and I agree to)
are that they can become dangling, and they consume i-nodes.


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