On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Albert Chin wrote: > If a compiler doesn't support -c -o, libtool creates a lock file by > hard linking the libtool binary with the lock file. This is a problem > if the libtool binary is on a different file system than the lock > file. Why don't we use a symbolic link?
Creating a hard link is an atomic operation whereas a symbolic link is not so it can't be used as a locking mechanism. Maybe there is some other hard-link which can be used instead? Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
