Change by Jo Henke :
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keywords: +patch
pull_requests: +14634
stage: -> patch review
pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/14843
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Jo Henke added the comment:
The problem that POSIX does not define the behavior of link() regarding
symlinks (and that Unix implementations differ indeed), is independent from
Python's os.link() defaults.
Since it makes no sense to call link(), when linkat() is available, I propose
New submission from Jo Henke :
Regarding link() POSIX states
(https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/link.html):
"If path1 names a symbolic link, it is implementation-defined whether link()
follows the symbolic link, or creates a new link to the symbolic link i
