From unknown Fri Aug 15 02:02:35 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#11949 <11949@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#11949 <11949@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Symbolic links do not work Reply-To: bug#11949 <11949@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:02:35 +0000 retitle 11949 Symbolic links do not work reassign 11949 coreutils submitter 11949 Nick Thomas severity 11949 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jul 16 11:25:22 2012 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jul 2012 15:25:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44313 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SqnAm-0006UE-Ay for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:25:22 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35498) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SqSDG-0000oe-Od for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:02:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SqS7c-0000kH-En for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:56:41 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:43349) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SqS7c-0000kD-BK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:56:40 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59403) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SqS7b-000362-IC for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:56:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SqS7Z-0000jz-R1 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:56:39 -0400 Received: from tapuz.safe-mail.net ([213.8.161.230]:57843) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SqS7Z-0000jp-IZ for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:56:37 -0400 Received: by tapuz.safe-mail.net with Safe-mail (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1SqS7S-0000ny-Sq for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:56:30 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=N1-0105; d=safe-mail.net; b=DkJbDQWX2Ez7TayMXQF6aFl4HHIRXqa6zfmr9ViprP7LvljgjPGSbyApSgOAgj/k vOdL0SrnsU8sUgcD8gT2TCH5IZ/U15ai09EDjsV/et76ikHvFpO0em81I4GDmGLW 5XCSsglqI6aI1XRTOadAqheuK5gsV7bLHDsYafeXj3s=; Received: from ([212.29.227.88]) by Safe-mail.net with sm_relayd (TLSv1/SSLv3:AES256-SHA:256) id N1-74X2v_x75D; for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:56:30 -0400 X-SMRef: N1-74X2v_x75D Message-ID: <5002F63D.6010101@safe-mail.net> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:56:29 +0100 From: Nick Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120615 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Symbolic links Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SMType: Regular X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:25:19 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) Hello! I tried to create a symbolic link using ln -s ... but instead of getting a link of size about 20 bytes I obtained an executable file of length 1.9Mb i.e. a copy of the destination file !! This was using sudo to repair a problem running qmake in qt3 in /usr/bin Nick Thomas From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jul 16 12:05:43 2012 Received: (at 11949) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jul 2012 16:05:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44373 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sqnnr-0007TX-2M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:05:43 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:38969) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sqnnp-0007TQ-7f for 11949@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:05:42 -0400 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q6GFxi0P025904 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:59:45 -0400 Received: from [10.36.116.72] (ovpn-116-72.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.72]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q6GFxgB3027538 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:59:44 -0400 Message-ID: <50043A6E.6090801@draigBrady.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:59:42 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?P=E1draig_Brady?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20110816 Thunderbird/6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Thomas Subject: Re: bug#11949: Symbolic links References: <5002F63D.6010101@safe-mail.net> In-Reply-To: <5002F63D.6010101@safe-mail.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.24 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mx1.redhat.com id q6GFxi0P025904 X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 11949 Cc: 11949@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) On 07/15/2012 05:56 PM, Nick Thomas wrote: > Hello! > I tried to create a symbolic link using ln -s ... but instead of gettin= g > a link of size about 20 bytes I obtained an executable file of length > 1.9Mb i.e. a copy of the destination file !! That's exceedingly unlikely. Maybe it created a hard link? In any case we'll need more info. kernel, file system, ln version, command issued, ... > This was using sudo to repair a problem running qmake in qt3 in /usr/bi= n > Nick Thomas cheers, P=E1draig. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Aug 30 04:26:35 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Aug 2012 08:26:35 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57081 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T705B-0006Ev-9W for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:26:34 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:49878) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T7058-0006Em-DT for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:26:31 -0400 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3736A20E44 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:25:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web5.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.215]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:25:21 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=yUfJ133wNLWaQHb3TYv5eEzNLWg=; b=j7sht89VPoQ6n8cpm1RMl2G9jUfv pyYxPKkUJYRA2EhWATPUZkMDzmXVaYraeUOnp4iT/Gkm19pn1GV9/9WBYMVnH5em dtt9dHA2MbMQNi6dQGY96zzg7+8L4/TWcuBS/fCNpVHzh8/uSJYntoGdubhVMq/r 09JnsDnZj5MukA4= Received: by web5.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix, from userid 99) id DE71E4C0212; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:25:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1346315120.10703.140661121426477.2AFE53D5@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: 4nXWxMLkgjDvdikikEcOj9pbHgqp6intQUQ9wPX89h/O 1346315120 From: era eriksson To: control@debbugs.gnu.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Subject: Still more bug maintenance Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:25:20 +0300 X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) tags 6970 + moreinfo tags 7000 + notabug tags 7731 + moreinfo tags 8294 + moreinfo close 8294 tags 10136 + notabug close 10136 tags 10456 + moreinfo tags 10799 + moreinfo tags 10900 + moreinfo tags 11316 + moreinfo tags 11696 + notabug close 11696 tags 11949 + moreinfo thanks /* era */ -- If this were a real .signature, it would suck less. Well, maybe not. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Sep 12 16:53:41 2012 Received: (at 11949) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Sep 2012 20:53:41 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57853 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TBtwL-0005KE-3e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:53:41 -0400 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:34732) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TBtwI-0005K4-T8; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:53:39 -0400 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F94321250; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:52:50 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7C0692DC66; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:52:50 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:52:50 -0600 From: Bob Proulx To: Nick Thomas , 11949@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#11949: Symbolic links Message-ID: <20120912205250.GB25211@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <5002F63D.6010101@safe-mail.net> <50043A6E.6090801@draigBrady.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50043A6E.6090801@draigBrady.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 11949 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) tag 11949 - moreinfo close 11949 thanks P=E1draig Brady wrote: > On 07/15/2012 05:56 PM, Nick Thomas wrote: > > Hello! > > I tried to create a symbolic link using ln -s ... but instead of gett= ing > > a link of size about 20 bytes I obtained an executable file of length > > 1.9Mb i.e. a copy of the destination file !! >=20 > That's exceedingly unlikely. > Maybe it created a hard link? > In any case we'll need more info. > kernel, file system, ln version, command issued, ... >=20 > > This was using sudo to repair a problem running qmake in qt3 in /usr/= bin > > Nick Thomas There hasn't been any new information added to the request for more information in two months. And the reading of the ticket suggests that there is not a bug here. Therefore I am closing this ticket as resolved. If you have more information please feel free to continue the discussion. Bob From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Sep 12 16:54:47 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Sep 2012 20:54:47 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57874 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TBtxP-0005Ms-HX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:54:47 -0400 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:34742) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TBtxN-0005Mi-Hp for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:54:45 -0400 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60ECC21250 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:53:57 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 467332DC66; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:53:57 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:53:57 -0600 From: Bob Proulx To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: improve title Message-ID: <20120912205357.GA26372@hysteria.proulx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) retitle 11949 Symbolic links do not work thanks From unknown Fri Aug 15 02:02:35 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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