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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-07-01 10:59:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-07-01 10:59:56 +0000 |
| commit | 95e3f911e2ed5541850ef3710d61d0308c2df667 (patch) | |
| tree | 14808df6d800c80889d739675372574f4281fa9a /tests/touch/dangling-symlink | |
| parent | f59a68b49a2c1f774c99115e712b80e7cb2b3a11 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-95e3f911e2ed5541850ef3710d61d0308c2df667.tar.xz | |
Warn about the problem, rather
than failing on some very recent (at least 2.3.99) versions of
the Linux kernel. Suggestion from Ulrich Drepper.
Diffstat (limited to 'tests/touch/dangling-symlink')
| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/touch/dangling-symlink | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/touch/dangling-symlink b/tests/touch/dangling-symlink index 7e6e0080c..b61beb4bb 100755 --- a/tests/touch/dangling-symlink +++ b/tests/touch/dangling-symlink @@ -17,4 +17,23 @@ touch t-symlink || fail=1 test -f touch-target || fail=1 rm -f touch-target t-symlink +if test $fail = 1; then + case $host_triplet in + *linux-gnu*) + case "`uname -r`" in + 2.3.9[0-9]*) + cat 1>&2 <<EOF +==================================================== +$0: WARNING!!! +This version of the Linux kernel causes touch to fail +when operating on dangling symlinks. +==================================================== +EOF + exit 77 + ;; + esac + ;; + esac +fi + exit $fail |