On Feb 1, 2014, at 1:36 AM, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 1/2/14, Noah Kantrowitz <n...@coderanger.net> wrote: > >> In all but a tiny number of cases, you could use a symlink for this. >> Much less magic :-) > > That's "POSIX is all there is" myopia, right there. While recent versions > of Windows have symlinks more like POSIX symlinks, XP only has a > stunted version called "reparse points" or "junction points" which are > not really fit for purpose. I think you'll find that XP environments are found > in rather more than "a tiny number of cases", and even though Microsoft > has end-of-lifed XP in terms of support, I fear it'll be around for a while > yet. Junctions on Windows are actually more flexible than POSIX symlinks, and I have in fact used them for Python packages before when doing Django dev on Windows XP. --Noah
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