Subject: Re: compat_ultrix
To: None <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 02/06/1996 12:08:05
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 20:27:26 -0800
> From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
> [can't] follow the symlink and stat it (e.g., via ls -L).
>
> Is this the intended semantics of /emul? Is it well thought-out?
> Is it a bug?
I'd say yes. I ran into this recently while running a copy of emacs
built for SunOS-4.1.1/sun3 and discovered that file completion under
any path that exists in /emul shows only the emul stuff. Perhaps
the /emul files should act as a "translucent" overlay, like union.
Gordon