Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nobuyuki Tsuchimura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'm not sure the new behaver is a bug or not, >> but it seems to be easy to reverse by an attached patch >> (if there is no side effect). >> In my opinion it is a bug, so I'll be glad if it is fixed. > > I agree with you that it is a bug. I think there is a better fix, > though, i.e., one that calls 'stat' less often. Here is a patch. > This includes a test case to detect further instances of this bug, > should it recur. Thanks again for reporting it. > > 2007-01-01 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * src/ls.c (gobble_file): Fix bug reported by > Nobuyuki Tsuchimura in > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-12/msg00152.html > where "ls -FRL" didn't follow a symbolic link in some cases on Linux. > * tests/ls/follow-slink: Add a test for this case.
Thank you both. I've applied that patch -- along with a new entry in NEWS: http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=summary _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
