Message 348103 - Python tracker

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Not always linkat() can be used instead of link(). But on Windows (where there is no linkat()) os.link() creates a new link to the symbolic link itself. This is yet one argument for making follow_symlinks=False by default and changing the default behavior of os.link() on NetBSD.