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Re: symlink() bug + patch
- To: Andrew Dalgleish <andrewd at axonet dot com dot au>
- Subject: Re: symlink() bug + patch
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:53:46 -0500
- Cc: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <00F8D6E8AB0DD3118F1A006008186C9607C7EC@server1.axonet.com.au>
Thanks. Applied.
Btw, I appreciate the test case which made it very easy to see that there
was a problem.
Andrew, have you sent in a release form yet? I can apply small
fixes like this but if you are planning anything substantial for cygwin
we (unfortunately) need you to fill out a release assignment.
cgf
On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 07:03:12PM +1100, Andrew Dalgleish wrote:
>There is a bug in symlink() if "path2" (SUSV2 docs) already exists.
>If path2 is already a symlink, then the target of that symlink is
>replaced instead of path2.
>[snip]