[Python-Dev] hard linking executables (original) (raw)
Neil Schemenauer nas at arctrix.com
Thu Jul 28 07:00:51 CEST 2011
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Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
I ought to remember why because I remember I was involved. (And I have a feeling that the change Antoine dug up was just a refactoring,
You are correct. I checked Python 1.5.2 and it also creates hard links (prior to Makefile overhaul).
The best I can come up with is that when it's a hard link, you can replace either "python" or "python2.1" with another version without disturbing the other.
So, I don't think anyone has a good argument for the status quo. A symlink would make more sense to me.
Neil
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