[RFC] symlinks support on win32: what features really needed or bzr?

Martin Pool mbp at sourcefrog.net
Thu Nov 1 13:00:37 GMT 2007


> > It would be kind of nice if we could arrange to use the win32 approach
> > for symlinks, maybe for people who have special situations (on a samba
> > share?), but at least so we can test them.  Maybe you could make all
> > the tests for symlinks be run in two scenarios, real and fake
> > symlinks.  I wouldn't insist on this to merge, it's just an idea.
>
> Good point. I need to think about it.

If you're going to try this, I suggest you use the new
multiply_tests_from_modules if possible, or ask if it doesn't do what
you want -- I think it's simpler than the old ways (which we should
clean up sometime.)

-- 
Martin



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