Re: Tramp: how to handle make-symbolic-link?

[Stefan Monnier]

>     (make-symbolic-link "/address@hidden:/path/to/target" 
> "/address@hidden:/path/to/source")
> 
> This should work, and make a link that says /path/to/target.

This is the part I can agree with.

>     (make-symbolic-link "/address@hidden:/path/to/target" 
> "/address@hidden:/path/to/source")
> 
> It would be ok for this to work, exactly like
> 
>     (make-symbolic-link "/address@hidden:/path/to/target" 
> "/address@hidden:/path/to/source")
> 
> However, it would be ok for it to get an error instead.
> 
>     (make-symbolic-link "/address@hidden:/path/to/target" 
> "/this/is/a/local/source")
> 
> This should get an error.

This I *strongly* disagree with.  There is strictly no point in returning
an error in this case and it can be a serious annoyance for some
"unusual" uses.


        Stefan