On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 03:19:57PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote: > "Robert Millan [ackstorm]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I haven't checked POSIX though, but if this is actualy a requirement > > maybe a POSIX_ME_HARDER hack would make sense here? > > POSIX makes no requirement. Other implementations are all over the > map here, so I suppose we can do what is more convenient.
Well of course I believe my proposal is more convenient, but I have yet to hear a counter-argument. I take it this hasn't been discussed before? > On Solaris > 10, /usr/ucb/install breaks the destination link, and > /usr/sbin/install does not break it. Ugh.. doesn't sound very reliable :-) -- Robert Millan ACK STORM, S.L. - http://www.ackstorm.es/ _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
