Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: coreutils
The ls option -F (and the equivalent --classify) incorrectly inhibits
de-referencing symbolic links as if -d were also specified.
I think this behavior is incorrect because it prevents looking into
symlinked-to directories using the -F option. Put another way, the user
could specify -Fd if they do not want to de-reference symlinks, and so
-F alone should not imply or force -d for symlinks.
Also, the current behavior does not follow the documentation. man
ls(1) pretty clearly documents -F and -d as being independent options,
and does not mention -F having any side-effects:
-d, --directory
list directory entries instead of contents, and do not derefer‐
ence symbolic links
-F, --classify
append indicator (one of */=>@|) to entries
EXAMPLE: On my system:
$ cd /
$ ls -ld lib*
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 12288 2009-10-21 18:22 lib/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 12288 2009-10-13 14:48 lib32/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2009-10-07 22:31 lib64 -> /lib/
$ ls -Fd lib64
lib64@
$ ls -F lib64
lib64@ ### EXPECTED TO SEE CONTENTS OF /lib HERE ###
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 22 11:41:39 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: coreutils 7.4-2ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
SourcePackage: coreutils
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:1835): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion
`src != NULL' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:1835): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion
`src != NULL' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1899): GLib-CRITICAL **:
g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(nautilus:1870): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion
`preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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ls option -F prevents dereferencing symlinks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458455
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