Re: Tramp: how to handle make-symbolic-link?

["Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu>]

>     (make-symbolic-link "/user@host:/path/to/target" "/user@host:/path/to/source")
> 
> This should work, and make a link that says /path/to/target.

This is the part I can agree with.

>     (make-symbolic-link "/user@host:/path/to/target" "/otheruser@otherhost:/path/to/source")
> 
> It would be ok for this to work, exactly like
> 
>     (make-symbolic-link "/otheruser@host:/path/to/target" "/otheruser@otherhost:/path/to/source")
> 
> However, it would be ok for it to get an error instead.
> 
>     (make-symbolic-link "/user@host:/path/to/target" "/this/is/a/local/source")
> 
> This should get an error.

This I *strongly* disagree with.  There is strictly no point in returning
an error in this case and it can be a serious annoyance for some
"unusual" uses.


	Stefan