On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 07:13:34AM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote: > Paul Jarc wrote: > >Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Creating a symbolic link requires testing for an existing file, and > >>then (if the file does not exist) creating a new file, and a > >>directory entry to reference it. This requires multiple network > >>transactions with an opportunity for race-conditions. > > > > > >open() with O_CREAT|O_EXCL also creates a new file, yet that does not > >subject it to race conditions. symlink() has equivalent semantics to > >O_CREAT|O_EXCL. It may be that some network filesystems fail to > >preserve the atomicity; I wouldn't know. But at least for local > >filesystems, I don't see any problems with symlinks. > > > > Problem with symlinks, and hardlinks for that matter, is portability. > Not all systems support them.
We only need to worry about it on systems without -c -o support. -- albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
