[Scons-dev] New symlink copy support

[William Blevins]

>
> I agree. In Parts we added code to allow Symlinks to work as a first class
> object ( ie a node) In Scons. It seems to work just fine. As long as some
> simple rules are followed it we have not had issues on windows and or
> linux/mac at this point.


I'm trying to keep up here, but I'm missing some context.  What is Parts?

V/R,
William


On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Kenny, Jason L <jason.l.kenny at intel.com>
wrote:

>  I agree. In Parts we added code to allow Symlinks to work as a first
> class object ( ie a node) In Scons. It seems to work just fine. As long as
> some simple rules are followed it we have not had issues on windows and or
> linux/mac at this point.
>
>
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> *From:* Scons-dev [mailto:scons-dev-bounces at scons.org] *On Behalf Of *Gary
> Oberbrunner
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:33 AM
> *To:* SCons Dev List
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Scons-dev] New symlink copy support
>
>
>
> 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
>
> --
> anatoly t.
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