Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 23:46:36 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 191974] New: |ln -sF| never calls rmdir(2) on target_file == target_dir, only target_dir/basename Message-ID: <bug-191974-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191974 Bug ID: 191974 Summary: |ln -sF| never calls rmdir(2) on target_file == target_dir, only target_dir/basename Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: Needs Triage Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: jbeich@vfemail.net Blocks: 92149 According to the manpage -F option is supposed to make ln(1) remove target_file which happens to be a directory. What actually happens is target_file converted to target_dir/basename and always fails when tested with S_ISDIR(). It's also unclear why -s flag is required. If the source_file is not a directory ln(1) can just call rmdir(2) + link(2) instead of rmdir(2) + symlink(2). $ echo >foo $ mkdir bar $ ln -sF foo bar $ ls bar foo but replacing children works fine $ echo >foo $ mkdir -p bar/foo $ ln -sF foo bar $ stat -x bar/foo | head -2 File: "bar/foo" Size: 3 FileType: Symbolic Link -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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