Broken RPATH/RUNPATH in kdepim/console/kabc2mutt

Ben Boeckel MathStuf at gmail.com
Fri Apr 10 02:37:19 CEST 2009


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Tomáš Chvátal wrote:

> Dne pátek 10 Duben 2009 01:35:29 Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> *snip*
>>
>> > Regarding kdepim, why not just install kabc2mutt as 
symlink to
>> > kabcclient?
>>
>> Because at least one platform of KDE4 doesn't support 
symlinks.
>>
>> Andreas
> Wont it be smart to actualy use symlinks where they work and 
use the
> current system only when needed?
> 
> Out of curiosity what platform dont support symlinks (when i 
think of
> linux/BSD/Windows all supports them)
> 
> Tomas

Windows supports them, but requires admin privileges to create 
them. Typically "shortcuts" are used which are not quite actual 
symlinks. This is at least true for Vista, I doubt much has 
changed in 7 or existed in XP (though admin could basically be 
assumed there).

- --Ben
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