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From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
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Alex wrote:
> 
> located in /usr/local/vmware.   Linux applications look for /usr in
> /usr/compat/linux/usr, and I had a symlink from
> /usr/compat/linux/usr/local to /usr/local, because I needed to be able
> to access /usr/local from Linux apps.
[snip]
> This is something for Marcel to think about (there was also another
> message about symlinks outside /compat/linux).

That was false alarm. As for any symlink from /compat/linux/<somedir> to
/<somedir>: DON'T EVER DO THAT :-)

This is what happens if you do:
stat /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>
=> NAMEI /compat/linux/<somedir> -> /<somedir>

(you get my drift)

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Marcel Moolenaar                        mailto:marcel@scc.nl
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