From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: MS-Windows build using Posix configury Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:25:41 -0400 Message-ID: <3mfvyp7jx6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <83d2tu49lu.fsf@gnu.org> <83zjwx3lwt.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366179949 25086 80.91.229.3 (17 Apr 2013 06:25:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 17 08:25:53 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1USLoV-0008BG-Kv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:25:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47531 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USLoV-0007Al-8f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:25:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USLoO-00079X-8m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:25:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USLoN-0002LH-7y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:25:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:57228) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USLoN-0002L2-2Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:25:43 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USLoL-0005rH-NJ; Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:25:41 -0400 X-Spook: Dick Cheney Audiotel high security UOP colonel nitrate X-Ran: ^!A39sO-oaPD=s{:GcXAHLO,:;m:<&6rZFN%|n+lh0gbX<)MfvZ-L%v{y8Veb~1O?-BR5F X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <83zjwx3lwt.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:56:18 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:158973 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: > On Windows, the configure script sets LN_S to "cp -p" already. I see > no reason to override that, because this is OK elsewhere in the build. Why doesn't configure set LN_S to ln, if ln is usable? If ln isn't usable, why do you use it unconditionally?