Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:33:36 +0200
From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
Yes. That won't delete a *directory*.
If someone puts a directory there, deleting it via "rm -rf" is probably
the wrong thing. They're stupid, but they don't deserve to be punished
that badly. :-)
I'm not convinced the test -e test is worth it; creating a symlink in
the directory if the directory is there isn't going to be the end of the
world. I suppose the next time we do the build the make install will
blow out, but that can be easily fixed by making the ln command use
"ln -sf". We're arguing over niggling details, though....
If Linus wants to make the ln command use "ln -sf", that's great. If
not, it's not the end of the world...
- Ted
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