From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:19:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:19:52 -0400 Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com ([62.253.162.42]:8175 "EHLO mta02-svc.ntlworld.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:19:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:19:51 +0100 From: Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: lutime() for changing times of a symbolic link Message-ID: <20020620201951.GA3853@rano.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org With linux-2.4.18 it seems to be impossible to change the access and modification times of a symbolic link because utime() follows links. Is there any reason not to add an lutime() system call, analogously with chown and lchown? Obviously it's not a burning issue, but it would enable tar xf to do its job properly and remove what looks like an anomaly. Edmund