[Scons-dev] New symlink copy support

anatoly techtonik techtonik at gmail.com
Sat Jul 26 04:14:14 EDT 2014


Is it true that Copy now tries to copy symlinks by
default?

Symlinks is a can of worms. I'd avoid using them
unless explicitly enables at all costs.

1. os.symlink is documented as unix only
https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.symlink
2. even if os.symlink is present, it may fail
(especially in shared folders mounted in VM)
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2014-July/028386.html

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anatoly t.


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