[tex-live] symlinks in repository?

[Hans Hagen]

Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Is it possible to have symlinks in the repository?  I have to create
> hundreds of them (to get proper ToUnicode mapping files for CJK
> subfonts) since pdfTeX and dvipdfmx need different names to access
> them.
> 
> An alternative is to add entries to the `aliases' file, but I fear
> that, similar to `special.map', there is no `addAliasMap' function...

try to avoid using the aliases file; it's a source of troubles

Hans

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