[Python-Dev] PEP 394 request for pronouncement (python2 symlink in *nix systems) (original) (raw)

Matt Joiner anacrolix at gmail.com
Thu Feb 16 02:55:29 CET 2012

+1 for using symlinks where possible. In deploying Python to different operating systems and filesystems I've often had to run a script to "fix" the hardlinking done by make install because the deployment mechanism or system couldn't be trusted to do the right thing with respect to minimising installation size. Symlinks are total win when disk use is a concern, and make intent clear. I'm not aware of any mainstream systems that don't support them. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20120216/7b9a2d08/attachment.html>

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