Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 00:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/36546: absolute symbolic links in FreeBSD 4.5 Message-ID: <200203310810.g2V8A2226354@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/36546; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> To: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/36546: absolute symbolic links in FreeBSD 4.5 Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:08:02 +0900 mrspock> Nevertheless, wouldn't be better to have relative symbolic links? Yes, but if relative symlink points the correct file/directory. Someone may want to setup as follows: mkdir /disk1 mkdir /disk2 mount /dev/xxx0a /disk1 mount /dev/xxx0b /disk2 cd /usr (cd bin; tar cf - ) | (cd /disk1; tar xpf -); rm -rf bin (cd sbin; tar cf - ) | (cd /disk2; tar xpf -); rm -rf sbin ln -s /disk1 /usr/bin ln -s /disk2 /usr/sbin In this example, if you change /usr/bin/mailq is a symlink to ../sbin/mailwrapper, it is treated as /sbin/mailwrapper and it's wrong location. Yes this is a radical case, but it shows the potential problem of using relative path symlink. -- - Makoto `MAR' Matsushita To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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