[darcs-users] Heads up: breaking Windows 9x some more

[Eric Y. Kow]

On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 20:10:58 -0500, Nathan Gray wrote:
> > I'm about to accept a patch by Simon Marlow which adds hard-linking
> > support over NTFS in Windows.  Unfortunately, this rules out the use
> > of darcs on Windows9x.
> 
> Is the problem with Windows or with FAT filesystems?  What about
> running off FAT from Linux, like on a USB stick?

Very good question (and point)

The code looks like this:

    result = CreateHardLink(src, dst, NULL);
    if (!result)
        return 0;
    else
        return -2;

It has have provisions for hard linking to fail, which would lead me to
think that over FAT it would just not create hard links and that darcs
would sitll work on FAT under Windows 2000 and above.  Care to confirm,
Simon?

Thanks,

 
-- 
Eric Kow                     http://www.loria.fr/~kow
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