[tex-live] Bugs in install-tl for win32

[Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd)]

P.S. I believe that Win32 /does/ understand symbolic links, although
it terms them "reparse points" and/or "junction points"; see KB articles

     http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365503(VS.85).aspx
     http://support.microsoft.com/kb/205524

and

     http://www.flexhex.com/docs/articles/hard-links.phtml
     http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MoreOnVistaReparsePoints.aspx

for more details.  I have used them with great success.

** Phil.

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Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd) wrote:

 > Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote:
 >
 >  > And well, the warnings are harmless, as win32 doesn't understand  > symbolic links, so tar unpacks all such links as regular files.