Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: coreutils
> Version: 5.97-5.3
> Severity: minor
>
> If some (sub)directory contains a dangling symlink, "ls -L" (i.e.,
> "ls --dereference") shows that entry differently from other files
> in the directory:
>
> $ file subdir/nowhere
> subdir/nowhere: broken symbolic link to `/tmp/nowhere'
> $ /bin/ls subdir
> nowhere  other
> $ /bin/ls -L subdir
> other  subdir/nowhere
> $ /bin/ls -lL subdir
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 kimoto kimoto 0 2007-09-16 17:41 other
> ?--------- ? ?      ?      ?                ? subdir/nowhere
>
> It seems inconsistent that it should say "subdir/nowhere" rather than just
> "nowhere" as it would do for other entries.

Thanks for the rport.
It's been fixed upstream for a while --
and now in experimental, too.



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