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Date:      Sun, 04 Dec 2016 15:57:04 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 214633] Open symlink with O_NOFOLLOW should fail with ELOOP, not EMLINK
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--- Comment #5 from commit-hook@freebsd.org ---
A commit references this bug:

Author: jilles
Date: Sun Dec  4 15:55:59 UTC 2016
New revision: 309533
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/309533

Log:
  MFC r309026: open(2): Clarify non-POSIX error when opening a symlink with
  O_NOFOLLOW.

  We return [EMLINK] instead of [ELOOP] when trying to open a symlink with
  O_NOFOLLOW, so that the original case of [ELOOP] can be distinguished. Co=
de
  like cmp -h and xz takes advantage of this.

  PR:           214633

Changes:
  stable/11/lib/libc/sys/open.2

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