Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Marcus Meissner
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

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Mike Castle
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 11:30:05PM +0200, Marcus Meissner 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 Is it only a directory, or the length? ln -s fupp_berk xxx for instance. -- Mike

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Sergey Kubushin
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 09:08:56PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > What file system. Its find on my 2.4.5-ac with ext2 > > > > > > 100% reproducible on NFS and EXT2 here, with following: > > > > > > > $ ls -la bar > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 marcus users

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread LA Walsh
Marcus Meissner wrote: > $ ln -s fupp/bar bar > $ ls -la bar --- Is it peculiar to a specific architecture? What does strace show for args to the symlink cmd? -l -- The above thoughts and | They may have nothing to do with writings are my own. | the opinions of my

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Edsel Adap
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 07:24:30PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my > > system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: > > What file system. Its find on my 2.4.5-ac with ext2 Filesystem: ext2 Architecture: i386

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Marcus Meissner
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my >> system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: > What file system. Its find on my 2.4.5-ac with ext2 100% reproducible on NFS and EXT2 here, with following:

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Alan Cox
> I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my > system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: What file system. Its find on my 2.4.5-ac with ext2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Rasmus B. Hansen
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Edsel Adap wrote: > I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my > system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: > marvin:/tmp> ln -s foo bar > lrwxrwxrwx1 adap users 3 May 30 12:09 bar -> bar > Notice that

ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Edsel Adap
Hi, I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: marvin:~> cd /tmp marvin:/tmp> ls -la total 2656 drwxrwxrwt6 root root 1024 May 30 12:06 ./ drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 1024 Feb

ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Edsel Adap
Hi, I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: marvin:~ cd /tmp marvin:/tmp ls -la total 2656 drwxrwxrwt6 root root 1024 May 30 12:06 ./ drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 1024 Feb 18

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Rasmus B. Hansen
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Edsel Adap wrote: I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: marvin:/tmp ln -s foo bar lrwxrwxrwx1 adap users 3 May 30 12:09 bar - bar Notice that the

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Alan Cox
I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: What file system. Its find on my 2.4.5-ac with ext2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Edsel Adap
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 07:24:30PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: What file system. Its find on my 2.4.5-ac with ext2 Filesystem: ext2 Architecture: i386 CPU:

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread LA Walsh
Marcus Meissner wrote: $ ln -s fupp/bar bar $ ls -la bar --- Is it peculiar to a specific architecture? What does strace show for args to the symlink cmd? -l -- The above thoughts and | They may have nothing to do with writings are my own. | the opinions of my

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Mike Castle
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 11:30:05PM +0200, Marcus Meissner 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 Is it only a directory, or the length? ln -s fupp_berk xxx for instance. -- Mike

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Marcus Meissner
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: I downloaded the linux 2.4.5 sources and built and installed them on my system. Since then, I've noticed strange file system behavior: What file system. Its find on my 2.4.5-ac with ext2 100% reproducible on NFS and EXT2 here, with following: $ ln -s

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Sergey Kubushin
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Marcus Meissner wrote: On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 09:08:56PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: What file system. Its find on my 2.4.5-ac with ext2 100% reproducible on NFS and EXT2 here, with following: $ ls -la bar lrwxrwxrwx 1 marcus users 3 May 30

Re: ln -s broken on 2.4.5

2001-05-30 Thread Marcus Meissner
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