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Subject: Re: ln -s exe magic (coreutils 6.7-2)
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According to Pierre A. Humblet on 1/23/2007 4:07 PM:
> When a user runs exim-config, the following line is executed:
>    ln -s -f /usr/bin/exim /usr/sbin/sendmail
> 
>  Do you want to link /usr/sbin/sendmail to /usr/sbin/ssmtp (y/N)? y
> and it runs
>    ln -s -f /usr/sbin/ssmtp /usr/sbin/sendmail

Thanks for the excellent diagnosis.

> 
> My suggestion is that by default ln -s should not do any magic. If some magic is
> desired, users can define an alias or shell function that adds --enable-exe-magic

I'll have to revisit the exe magic in 'ln -s' to make sure it covers this
case.  It may be a few days before I can get another coreutils release
out, but it is now on my list.  Meanwhile, we probably also ought to patch
ssmtp-config to be aware of this issue, and have it remove any symlinks
with alternate spellings.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
volunteer cygwin coreutils maintainer
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