Re: [debian-knoppix] symlinks destroyed in V3.2-2003-07-26
It's possible vim is rm'ing the file/link and then saving a new
file. I don't think it's knoppix or kernel specific. vim has a ton of
options so maybe this can be changed... or you could see if knoppix has
different vi programs :)
- Chad
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Baeckeroot alain wrote:
> Hello Knoppix world
>
> First I want to thanks KK for the really nice job of knoppix3.2
>
> I have installed the latest knoppix-v3.2-2003-07-26 (whith kernel 2.4.21-xfs)
> and I thinks i have a huge bug or misconfiguration:
>
> my symlinks are replaced by the file when I use "vi" (or gvim):
>
> $ touch toto
> $ ln -s toto titi
> $ ll
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 al2 al2 4 2003-08-22 22:29 titi -> toto
> -rw-r--r-- 1 al2 al2 0 2003-08-22 22:29 toto
> $ vi titi (I only do :wq == write + quit)
> $ ll
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 al2 al2 0 2003-08-22 22:29 titi
> -rw-r--r-- 1 al2 al2 0 2003-08-22 22:29 toto
>
> $vi --version
> VIM - Vi IMproved 6.1 (2002 Mar 24, compiled Feb 8 2003 12:42:35)
> Patches inclus: 1-320
> Compilé par Luca Filipozzi <lfilipoz@debian.org>
> ...
> $ cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.4.21-xfs (root@Knoppix) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 SMP Fre Jul 25 00:06:47 CEST 2003
> $
> This awful thing does'nt happen when I use kwrite (for example),
> so it is a bug or a misconfiguration in vi ???
>
> Does it happens also for other people ? or is just my machine ?
>
> Sincerely
> Alain Baeckeroot
>
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