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Re: link -L/-P
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: link -L/-P |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:40:42 +0200 |
Eric Blake wrote:
> Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
>
>> > I'd like to make a test release soon. Maybe as soon as Friday.
>> > If you have something that you'd like included, please speak up.
>>
>> I'm nearly ready to post support for ln -P/-L, thanks to the pending addition
>> of gnulib linkat(). That would be nice to have in the release.
>
> How does this look?
Looks fine. Thanks!
One nit:
...
> diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
> index 0bfbd56..e7cf5ea 100644
> --- a/doc/coreutils.texi
> +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
> @@ -8753,6 +8753,11 @@ link invocation
> not specified by @acronym{POSIX}, and the @command{link} command is
> more portable in practice.
>
> +If @var{filename} is a symbolic link, it is unspecified whether
> address@hidden will be a hard link to the symbolic link or to the
> +target of the symbolic link. Use @command{ln -P} or @command{ln -L}
> +specify which behavior is desired.
s/^specify/to specify/
- coreutils-7.7 beta release soon, Jim Meyering, 2009/09/23
- Re: coreutils-7.7 beta release soon, Eric Blake, 2009/09/23
- Re: coreutils-7.7 beta release soon, Jim Meyering, 2009/09/23
- link -L/-P (was: coreutils-7.7 beta release soon), Eric Blake, 2009/09/24
- Re: link -L/-P, Pádraig Brady, 2009/09/24
- Re: link -L/-P, Eric Blake, 2009/09/24
- Re: link -L/-P, Pádraig Brady, 2009/09/25
- Re: link -L/-P, Pádraig Brady, 2009/09/25
- stdbuf enhancement (was: link -L/-P), Eric Blake, 2009/09/25
- Re: stdbuf enhancement, Jim Meyering, 2009/09/25
- Re: link -L/-P,
Jim Meyering <=