From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject: Re: symbolic links
20 Mar 1997 04:34:00 -0800
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In-Reply-To: <199703071757.KAA20535@spock.cs.colorado.edu> from "Basim Kadhim" at Mar 7, 97 10:57:54 am
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Basim Kadhim wrote:
> 
> The FAQ indicates that you can't execute a link or follow it as a directory.
> Is this going to continue to be the case or is it the intention that this
> will eventually change?
[...]

It'll continue to be the case until we fix this or until someone sends us a
patch we can use.  This is something we intend to fix eventually.

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Geoffrey Noer
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