Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:37:32 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Ngie Cooper <ngie@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r320172 - head/bin/ln Message-ID: <20170621133732.GA44693@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201706202046.v5KKk8Zd034737@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201706202046.v5KKk8Zd034737@repo.freebsd.org>
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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 asked on -hackers@ back in 2015 (and never got any answer)? https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2015-January/046939.html ./danfe
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