[RTEMS Project] #3968: symlinks in RTEMS source tree

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#3968: symlinks in RTEMS source tree
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  Reporter:  Chris Johns  |      Owner:  Chris Johns
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  5.1
 Component:  test         |    Version:  5
  Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
Blocked By:               |   Blocking:
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 There is a symlink is in the RTEMS git repo and source tree. We cannot
 have symlinks in released tar files because it breaks on Windows and MSYS:
 {{{
 $ find . -type l
 ./testsuites/libtests/tar01/symlink
 }}}
 MSYS reports:
 {{{
 $ find . -type l
 ./testsuites/libtests/tar01/symlink
 }}}

 The software engineering manual needs an entry stating symlinks cannot
 appear in the source repo or git in any RTEMS repos. The solution is to
 create a symlink on suitable hosts, i.e. not Windows when building.

 This ticket will address the removal and not state of the effected test.
 That will be the subject of another ticket if someone creates it.

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