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Date:      Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:16:02 +0000
From:      "Piotr P. Stefaniak" <pstef@freebsd.org>
To:        Xin Li <delphij@freebsd.org>
Cc:        dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 39e8c2a29a86 - main - cleanvar: Be more careful when cleaning up /var.
Message-ID:  <Y/24QliX%2BY6L4vS5@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <b7c8f1ed-9419-3980-1b90-a90335834904@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <202302130457.31D4v8Hh067792@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <Y/1B/IQ52%2BNv8HKx@freefall.freebsd.org> <b7c8f1ed-9419-3980-1b90-a90335834904@FreeBSD.org>

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On 2023-02-27 22:14:04, Xin Li wrote:
>On 2023-02-27 3:51 PM, Piotr P. Stefaniak wrote:
>> Do we want to assume that /var/run is never a symlink? If not, we
>> probably want to use find -xH here.
>
>No, I don't think it's safe to follow symlinks.

I'd like to stress that my suggestion was to add -H, not -L.   

>If it's desirable to follow /var/run itself, perhaps this should be
>changed to "/var/run/".

It seems to me that that would effectively do the same, at least in this
case.

Piotr



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