2009/11/9 Gonzalo Tornaria <torna...@math.utexas.edu>: > > David, > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:15 PM, David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: >> >> If you look on the thread >> >> " Do we need "cp -a" - or would 'cp -pR' do ?" >> >> you may have noticed that Gonzalo Tornaria has discovered that >> "local/bin/python" is a hardlink to "local/bin/python2.6". From what I >> understand, this is the only hard link in Sage. It would be better if >> this could be replaced by a symbolic link. > > you missed my answer in the other thread:
Sorry, only got a laptop with me and using gmail. I find Thunderbird much better to use, but it is not so convenient when I'm not at home, which I am not. >> I would have thought so too. But I'm puzzled, as python-2.6.2.p4/spkg-install >> creates a symbolic link. It has the line: >> >> ln -s python2.6 python > > This is actually creating a local/lib/python symlink to local/lib/python2.6. > > It seems to me the line at fault is in file > python-2.6.2.p4/src/Makefile.pre.in, line 763: > > (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON)) > > an "-s" option to that could make a difference, I think. (I didn't try it) > > Gonzalo Thank you. I'll give that a try when I get back home. Hopefully, that iwth the options you suggested to 'cp' should allow a binary to be created on any platform, without excess bloat; Dave. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
