Control: reassign -1 src:linux 3.2.68-1+deb7u1 Control: tag -1 upstream On Mon, 2015-06-22 at 17:10 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Package: linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 > Version: 3.2.68-1+deb7u1 > > I may be tilting at windmills here, but I think > ln -s '' foo > should work, rather than failing with ENOENT. > > The fact that it didn't work inconvenienced me while I was trying to > write a test case for some other software. I would have been happy > for the link to be created and then be un-dereferenceable. > > I would, in fact, have been happy with either the traditional BSD > behaviour (create the link, treat it as a link to "."), or the > traditional SysV behaviour (create the link, dereferencing gives > ENOENT). > > See also: > > https://lwn.net/Articles/551224/ > https://lwn.net/Articles/551228/ > > Do you think you could try to use any good connections you have to get > this fixed ? Don't hold your breath. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings All extremists should be taken out and shot.
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