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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:53:46 -0500
To: Andrew Dalgleish <andrewd AT axonet DOT com DOT au>
Cc: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: symlink() bug + patch
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In-Reply-To: <00F8D6E8AB0DD3118F1A006008186C9607C7EC@server1.axonet.com.au>; from andrewd@axonet.com.au on Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 07:03:12PM +1100

Thanks.  Applied.

Btw, I appreciate the test case which made it very easy to see that there
was a problem.

Andrew, have you sent in a release form yet?  I can apply small
fixes like this but if you are planning anything substantial for cygwin
we (unfortunately) need you to fill out a release assignment.

cgf

On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 07:03:12PM +1100, Andrew Dalgleish wrote:
>There is a bug in symlink() if "path2" (SUSV2 docs) already exists.
>If path2 is already a symlink, then the target of that symlink is
>replaced instead of path2.
>[snip]