Re: [boost] [modular boost] non-linked headers

Subject: Re: [boost] [modular boost] non-linked headers
From: Bjørn Roald (bjorn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-02 19:17:04

On 12/03/2013 01:11 AM, Daniel James wrote:
> On 3 December 2013 00:08, Bjørn Roald <bjorn_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> yes, but b2 headers create hard links
>
> It really should use soft links. Most programs don't change files in
> place, so as soon as such a change is made the two entries will be
> pointing to different inodes. Which defeats the purpose, since they
> should always be the same.

yes that would be bad.

Is this behavior documented somewhere?

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Bjørn