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Re: [Fwd: Re: [tex-live] Question about Symlinks and the install-tl script (linux/unix)]

 

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Hi,

Am 26.08.2012 06:04, schrieb Patrick Dickey:
> Per a chat that Kevin, Carsten, and I were having today, I sent an
> email to the TexLive User Group, and asked why symlinks weren't
> enabled by default. This is the response that I received back from
> one of the members.

Am 25.08.2012 23:37, schrieb Karl Berry:
> I'm curious if there's a specific reason why symlinks are not 
> activated by default.
> 
> Yes, there is: it would be wrong to mess with the user's system 
> directories by default.

Ok, this is an argument. For us it means, that we should make the
symlink section on the website more dominant, for example with an
Warning triangle which we use it in the manual. On the other side,
Kevin mentioned in this chat, too, that he will insert a check in the
install-pkgs.sh script for these symlinks.

Greetings, Carsten


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