From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Thu Jun 21 19:13:04 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A36F510268DB for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DD9C8AFA6 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id E094510268DA; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: bugs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE29710268D9 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.ysv.freebsd.org (mxrelay.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mxrelay.ysv.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 54C178AFA5 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 914F32AD10 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w5LJD27Q056735 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:02 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w5LJD2p0056734 for bugs@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:02 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 229208] `install -l rs` (relative symlink to source) into directory creates invalid symlink Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:02 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: 11.1-RELEASE X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: andreas.sommer87@googlemail.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:13:05 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D229208 --- Comment #1 from Andreas Sommer --- I was mistaken =E2=80=93 the `makelink` function *is* called but has the fo= llowing, very explicit logic to handle this case if (*from_name !=3D '/') { /* this is already a relative link */ do_symlink(from_name, to_name, target_sb); /* XXX: from_name may point outside of destdir. */ metadata_log(to_name, "link", NULL, from_name, NULL, 0); return; } So it seems on purpose, but is still a breaking change from FreeBSD 10.x. Please advise. The manpage has no hint about the exact behavior. It reads The file(s) are copied (or linked if the -l option is specified) to the target file or directory. If the destination is a directory, then the = file is copied into directory with its original filename. which leaves it open for humans to interpret what happens. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=