On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <da...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 08:46:08PM +0000, Ngie Cooper wrote: >> New Revision: 320172 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/320172 >> >> Log: >> ln(1): fix -F behavior >> >> When '-F' option is used, the target directory needs to be unlinked. >> Currently, the modified target ("target/source") is being unlinked, and >> since it doesn't yet exist, the original target isn't removed. >> This is fixed by skipping the block where target is modified to >> "target/source" when '-F' option is set. >> Hence, a symbolic link (with the same name as of the original target) to >> the source_file is produced. > > Is this about the same problem I've asked asked on -hackers@ back in 2015 > (and never got any answer)? > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2015-January/046939.html > > ./danfe
Yep, shivansh rediscovered the same problem. Sorry nobody noticed your original post. -Alan _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
