Re: (no subject)

[Richard Stallman]

      (while file-exists-p target-file)
        ;; Remove the target before writing it, so that any
        ;; hard-links continue to point to the old file (this makes
        ;; it possible for installed files to share disk space with
        ;; the build tree, without causing problems when emacs-lisp
        ;; files in the build tree are recompiled).
        (delete-file target-file))

    This is a hack for developers, and shouldn't be in the releases, in my
    opinion. For example, it trashes the .elc file permissions, not to
    speak about symlinks, etc.

I think we need to keep this feature.