Currently, mv may not be atomic. Atomic mv of symlinks is necessary for doing things like updating a symlink while ensuring the symlink always exists. Consider the case of a server that knows what directory is live via a symlink.
Upstream have removed the unlink for all moves, and this updated coreutils is in current development (and hardy). TEST CASE: mv a symlink. The unlink syscall should not be triggered. There is no expected regression with this patch. -- mv for symlinks on dapper is not atomic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262811 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
