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Bug 149625

Summary: ln -s has problems
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Charlie Shepherd (RETIRED) <masterdriverz>
Component: [OLD] Core systemAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Other   
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Description Charlie Shepherd (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-09-30 08:14:13 UTC 
ln -s directory /path/to/directory will make a recursive loop of symlinks -> bad idea. While this is maybe undefined behaviour, ln -s ./directory /path/to/directory does the same thing. Expected behaviour would be a symlink from /path/to/directory to <cwd>/directory, if not in both cases then definetly in the latter.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-09-30 08:42:32 UTC 
Sorry, I fail to see what you mean.
Comment 2 Charlie Shepherd (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-09-30 10:14:16 UTC 
Reopening to close as UPSTREAM, as per my discussion with Jakub on IRC.
Comment 3 Charlie Shepherd (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-09-30 10:14:45 UTC 
Closing as UPSTREAM.