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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2014-01-17 03:54:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2014-01-17 11:52:42 +0000 |
| commit | 7fa1641db049912f59654153d077953714720ca2 (patch) | |
| tree | b9bf1910a6fa9f1ad26fb5d324455a0aa53b83a9 /NEWS | |
| parent | 745de6dca52ef32cdaf9c459414b53d8a48459c3 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-7fa1641db049912f59654153d077953714720ca2.tar.xz | |
ln: fix replacing symbolic links whose targets can't exist
* src/ln.c (errno_nonexisting): A new function to determine if
the errno implies that a file doesn't or can't (currently) exist.
(target_directory_operand): Use the new function to expand the
set of errors we handle.
* tests/ln/sf-1.sh: Add test cases for the newly handled errors.
* THANKS.in: Mention the reporter.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- when reading the SELinux context for a file. [bug introduced in coreutils-8.22] + ln -sf now replaces symbolic links whose targets can't exist. Previously + it would display an error, requiring --no-dereference to avoid the issue. + [bug introduced in coreutils-5.3.0] + * Noteworthy changes in release 8.22 (2013-12-13) [stable] |