tag 11949 - moreinfo close 11949 thanks Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 07/15/2012 05:56 PM, Nick Thomas wrote: > > Hello! > > I tried to create a symbolic link using ln -s ... but instead of getting > > a link of size about 20 bytes I obtained an executable file of length > > 1.9Mb i.e. a copy of the destination file !! > > That's exceedingly unlikely. > Maybe it created a hard link? > In any case we'll need more info. > kernel, file system, ln version, command issued, ... > > > This was using sudo to repair a problem running qmake in qt3 in /usr/bin > > Nick Thomas
There hasn't been any new information added to the request for more information in two months. And the reading of the ticket suggests that there is not a bug here. Therefore I am closing this ticket as resolved. If you have more information please feel free to continue the discussion. Bob
