Symlinks support status?

[Dov Feldstern]

Hi!

I see that one of the new features of 0.9.5 is "Handle symlinks on 
systems without symlink support". What exactly does this mean?

Thanks!
Dov

P.S. I asked this question a few days ago on the general list --- though 
in a much longer, perhaps rambling, form (see 
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.mercurial.general/3527) 
--- but didn't get any response. So I'm trying now with a shorter version...