Re: Bug#793067: Bug#792328: info: can no longer find the Emacs manual

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 21:16:36 +0100
> From: Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
> Cc: Rob Browning <address@hidden>, address@hidden, 
>       Texinfo <address@hidden>
> 
> > Symlinks are less portable than init files.
> 
> What operating systems don't support symlinks

Windows.  (Later versions do, but creating a symlink requires
privileges.)

> and why is it important enough to add an extra feature for them that
> isn't needed on other operating systems, complicating the situation
> for everybody else who isn't using them?

Init files are a widely used feature, it's not a complication at all.