Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:00:51 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: Ngie Cooper <ngie@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r320172 - head/bin/ln Message-ID: <20170621160051.GB36934@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2gfVp6uMpV2c8ME%2BJbJz_SfHXbtmGEBpFXqeavvSx2djA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201706202046.v5KKk8Zd034737@repo.freebsd.org> <20170621133732.GA44693@FreeBSD.org> <CAOtMX2gfVp6uMpV2c8ME%2BJbJz_SfHXbtmGEBpFXqeavvSx2djA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 08:31:10AM -0600, Alan Somers wrote: > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 08:46:08PM +0000, Ngie Cooper wrote: > >> New Revision: 320172 > >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/320172 > >> > >> Log: > >> ln(1): fix -F behavior > >> > >> When '-F' option is used, the target directory needs to be unlinked. > >> Currently, the modified target ("target/source") is being unlinked, > >> and since it doesn't yet exist, the original target isn't removed. > >> This is fixed by skipping the block where target is modified to > >> "target/source" when '-F' option is set. > >> Hence, a symbolic link (with the same name as of the original target) > >> to the source_file is produced. > > > > Is this about the same problem I've asked on -hackers@ back in 2015 > > (and never got any answer)? > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2015-January/046939.html > > Yep, shivansh rediscovered the same problem. Sorry nobody noticed > your original post. Yeah, I vaguely recall someone mentioned that -hackers@ is not the best place to talk about technical problems these days. :-( Do we have a -hackers-who-care@ ML now, when -arch@ would be too gross yet lack of immediate patch would prevent one from opening a PR? ./danfe
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