Re: [PATCH] Makefile: USE_SYMLINK option

Matthias Lederhofer [off-list ref] writes:

I found no real drawback using symlinks and symlinks are sometimes
more practical, for example when copying/creating a tarball of the
installation.

Well, tar handles hard links just fine, thanks.  The real
drawbacks of doing symlinks people often cite (and I agree to)
are that they can become dangling, and they consume i-nodes.