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Date:      Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:21:21 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 196435] Prevent @sample keyword from removing user symlinks
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196435

--- Comment #3 from Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> ---
(In reply to Jan Beich from comment #2)
> Created attachment 151216 [details]
> v2
> 
> (In reply to Mathieu Arnold from comment #1)
> > Also, for cmp drop the -h, we want symlinks to be followed, otherwise, it'll
> > compare the content of the file with the path of the sample file, which, in
> > most cases, won't be the same ;-)
> 
> Indeed, I've traded one issue for another:
> 
>   - symlink target_file vs. regular sample_file (no filetype check)
>   - symlink target_file vs. symlink sample_file (no symlink path check)
>   - regular target_file vs. regular sample_file
>   - regular target_file vs. symlink sample_file
> 
> after
> 
>   - symlink target_file vs. regular sample_file (path vs. content)
>   - symlink target_file vs. symlink sample_file
>   - regular target_file vs. regular sample_file
>   - regular target_file vs. symlink sample_file (path vs. content)
> 
> Let's try to assume target_file cannot be a symlink if unmodified by user or
> bug 196432 remains closed.

But, hum, target_file can never be a symlink, it will always be a regular file.

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