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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 00:05:05 +0200
From: Marcus Meissner <Marcus.Meissner@caldera.de>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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        Marcus Meissner <mm@ns.caldera.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5
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On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 10:49:18PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > The problem is only there if you specify a directory for the linked to
> > component.
> > 
> > [marcus@wine /tmp]$ strace -f ln -s fupp/berk xxx
> > execve("/bin/ln", ["ln", "-s", "fupp/berk", "xxx"], [/* 39 vars */]) = 0
> > ... ld stuff ... locale stuff ... 
> 
> bash-2.04$ ln -s foo/frob eep
> bash-2.04$ ls -l eep
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 alan     users           8 May 30 22:19 eep -> foo/frob

*sigh*

I just rebooted and it is no longer reproducable.

Sorry for the confusion caused.

Ciao, Marcus