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[PATCH] gexp: Make 'local-file' follow symlinks.

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Message #20 received at 72867 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nigko Yerden <nigko.yerden <at> gmail.com>
To: Attila Lendvai <attila <at> lendvai.name>
Cc: 72867 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#72867] when should local-file and current-source-directory not
 follow symlinks?
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 19:00:38 +0500

No, I can't give you an example. The original 'current-source-directory' was
designed not to follow symlinks. This wasn't my idea. By setting the default
I just keep the original behavior.

Regards,
Nigko

Attila Lendvai wrote:
> pardon my ignorance, but can you give me a (plausible) example when someone 
> wants to load some files relative to a source file, and also wants to be 
> conscious of symlinks, and chose not to follow them? 
> 
> let alone making that the default anywhere around such operations?
> 
> --
> • attila lendvai
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> --
> “An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to 
> back up his acts with his life.”
>         — Robert Heinlein (1907–1988), 'Beyond This Horizon'

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