[gs-devel] xefitra various gs860 Makefile and build questions

Ralph Giles giles at ghostscript.com
Fri Oct 9 11:47:57 PDT 2009


On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:38 AM, lazer1 <lazer1 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> 1. is it possible to remove the usage of file links from the entire build,
> eg the archive for a start uses file links, and "make install" uses some?
>
> As that requires the usage of a filesystem with *nix compliant links,

The unix install script does assume it's running on a unix system,
yes. Links are used to maintain the same file under multiple names;
it's not just about saving space.

If you use the msvc32.mak top level makefile it uses settings
compatible with Windows filesystems.

 -r


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