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bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#14116: [PATCH] ln: allow to overwrite relative symlink |
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Date: |
Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:43:53 +0100 |
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On 04/02/2013 11:30 AM, Rémy Lefevre wrote:
> I'm not sure to understand your first sentence. Resolving the last component
> is already the existing behavior, but maybe not the intended one.
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> Anyway, I agree that the path should be resolved without its last component.
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> I wrote a new patch for this. I hope that this one will not break anything.
It looks good.
I've attached the full patch in your name with a test and NEWS entry.
Also attached is a related doc change, detailing the symlink
resolution done with ln --relative.
thanks!
Pádraig.
ln--relative--symlink.patch
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