Public bug reported:
When using 'sed -i' on a symlink the symlink gets destroyed.
Observe:
% ls -l myfile symlink
-rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg 12 Apr 26 10:53 myfile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 miekg miekg 6 Apr 26 10:53 symlink -> myfile
# do an edit
% sed -i 's/hello//' symlink
% ls -l myfile symlink
-rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg 12 Apr 26 10:53 myfile
-rw-rw-r-- 1 miekg miekg 7 Apr 26 10:54 symlink
And gone is your symlink.
This either a feature or a bug :)
** Affects: sed (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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sed -i destroys symlink
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367211
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