[Scons-dev] New symlink copy support

[Gary Oberbrunner]

What's wrong with copying symlinks if that's what the user wants?

I have some pure python Windows symlink code lying around somewhere too.
Works fine on NFL.

-- 
Gary Oberbrunner
(sent from my Android)
On Jul 26, 2014 10:14 AM, "anatoly techtonik" <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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