From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Obscure error/warning/information message from git pull Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:12:36 +0100 Message-ID: <87vbmhlc57.fsf@igel.home> References: <20141114120604.GA3859@acm.acm> <87a93topxv.fsf@igel.home> <83h9y1j18p.fsf@gnu.org> <87r3x590k0.fsf@maru2.md5i.com> <83tx21hf2f.fsf@gnu.org> <87lhndn10n.fsf@igel.home> <83sihlh6ei.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415999601 29093 80.91.229.3 (14 Nov 2014 21:13:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:13:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mwd@md5i.com, acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 14 22:13:14 2014 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 1XpOB7-0004mp-VC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:13:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37898 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XpOB7-0003n2-ER for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:13:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45748) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XpOAn-0003m2-GG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:12:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XpOAi-0002R1-Tz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:12:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:40630) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XpOAd-0002OB-OM; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:12:43 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jfXSj5JY7z3hjKB; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:12:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jfXSj3pfyzvh3q; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:12:37 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wW_hZqx06g1w; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:12:36 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: 0n9Oz5G/DvpXgJvb9KcK45LOx3G3pH2YtgB8JUlyehz/vfS0ZbxHejV3R07AXCVN Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-93-104-156-1.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.156.1]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:12:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7393B2C30D7; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:12:36 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I hope the ``Eurythmics'' practice birth control... In-Reply-To: <83sihlh6ei.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:30:13 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.9 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:177122 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Andreas Schwab >> Cc: Michael Welsh Duggan , acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:30:00 +0100 >> >> Eli Zaretskii writes: >> >> > I wasn't asking about Windows. It is clear to me by reading the >> > script that using that on Windows is a bad idea, because symlinks are >> > (a) only supported since Vista, and (b) require to run the script "As >> > Administrator". (And then there's a known caveat of removing the >> > symlinked directory that actually removes the target, if you aren't >> > careful to use rmdir.) >> >> This is another point being worked on. > > You mean, avoid using symlinks? Or prevent accidental removal of the > original meta-data? The first, which implies the latter IIUC. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."