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Document Win32 symlink behaviour; adjust tests to take it into a/c. src/ChangeLog addition: 2008-05-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * fileio.c (Fmake_symbolic_link): Document behaviour when the underlying OS doesn't support symbolic links. tests/ChangeLog addition: 2008-05-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * automated/mule-tests.el (featurep): Make sure that working symlinks are available before testing their functionality. Also, don't bomb out on deleting the other temporary files if deleting the first threw an error.
author Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
date Wed, 21 May 2008 16:55:14 +0200
parents 1e04b9c8125b
children eb82259f265d
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--- a/src/fileio.c	Thu May 15 07:46:41 2008 -0400
+++ b/src/fileio.c	Wed May 21 16:55:14 2008 +0200
@@ -2199,6 +2199,10 @@
 unless optional third argument OK-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS is non-nil.
 A number as third arg means request confirmation if LINKNAME already exists.
 This happens for interactive use with M-x.
+
+On platforms where symbolic links are not available, any file handlers will
+be run, but the check for the existence of LINKNAME will not be done, and
+the symbolic link will not be created.
 */
        (filename, linkname, ok_if_already_exists))
 {