Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 06:00:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: standards/41576: POSIX compliance of ln(1) Message-ID: <200208121300.g7CD0739020892@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR standards/41576; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: standards/41576: POSIX compliance of ln(1) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:38:24 +1000 On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 02:15:56PM +0200, Lukas Ertl wrote: > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Tim Robbins wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 01:05:10PM +0200, Lukas Ertl wrote: > > > > > cd /tmp > > > mkdir foo bar > > > ln -s foo bla ### now /tmp/bla symlinks to /tmp/foo > > > ln -sf bar bla ### replace /tmp/bla to point to /tmp/bar, doesn't work > > > > Do you know of any systems this `works' on? /bin/ln and /usr/xpg4/bin/ln > > don't behave this way on Solaris, either. > > On AIX it does. Ok, I've changed the manual page to claim conformance to 1003.2-1992 instead of 1003.1-2001. I'm not sure whether the bug is actually in FreeBSD or AIX - the wording of the standard is quite subtle. I'll leave this PR open so that someone who is certain of the meaning can either restore the 1003.1-2001 conformance claim or correct the FreeBSD implementation. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
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