[Python-Dev] hard linking executables (original) (raw)
Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed Jul 27 00:19:12 CEST 2011
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Ok, apparently the decision to make hard links for executables dates at least back to:
changeset: 16221:588691f806f4 branch: legacy-trunk user: Neil Schemenauer <nascheme at enme.ucalgary.ca> date: Wed Jan 24 17:11:43 2001 +0000 files: Makefile.pre.in description: Flat makefile based on toplevel Makefile.in and makefiles in build subdirectories. Those other makefiles will go away eventually.
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+# Install the interpreter (by creating a hard link to python$(VERSION)) +bininstall: altbininstall
-if test -f <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>B</mi><mi>I</mi><mi>N</mi><mi>D</mi><mi>I</mi><mi>R</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">/</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(BINDIR)/</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.05017em;">B</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">N</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">D</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.00773em;">R</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mord">/</span></span></span></span>(PYTHON); \then rm -f <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>B</mi><mi>I</mi><mi>N</mi><mi>D</mi><mi>I</mi><mi>R</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">/</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(BINDIR)/</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.05017em;">B</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">N</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">D</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.00773em;">R</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mord">/</span></span></span></span>(PYTHON); \else true; \fi(cd <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>B</mi><mi>I</mi><mi>N</mi><mi>D</mi><mi>I</mi><mi>R</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo separator="true">;</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(BINDIR); </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.05017em;">B</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">N</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">D</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.00773em;">R</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mpunct">;</span></span></span></span>(LN) python$(VERSION)$(EXEEXT) python$(EXEEXT))
Regards
Antoine.
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