v1 install: hard links

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-02 03:52:52

Hi,
the code which is responsible to v1 install of Boost, in top-level Jamfile, 
uses HardLink to create links to shared libraries on Unix:

HardLink $(noversion-file) : $(version-file) ;

Why hard link is used? I always though symlink should be used; all libraries 
use symlinks on my system.

Any comments?

- Volodya