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Coreutils 8.13 - Orphaned symlinks start with 'argetm' when using dircolors

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jason Glassey <replica9000 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#9634: closed (Re: bug#9634: Coreutils 8.13 - Orphaned
 symlinks start with 'argetm' when using dircolors)
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:20:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#9634: Coreutils 8.13 - Orphaned symlinks start with 'argetm' when using dircolors

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 9634-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jason Glassey <replica9000 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#9634: Coreutils 8.13 - Orphaned symlinks start with 'argetm'
	when using dircolors
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:18:29 +0100

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On 09/30/2011 10:51 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>
>> Your fixes look good, and I'll adjust mine mentioning
>> the debian bug too.
> 
> Thanks for the review.  Pushed.
> 

And I applied the attached.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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From: Jason Glassey <replica9000 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Coreutils 8.13 - Orphaned symlinks start with 'argetm' when using
	dircolors
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:48:17 -0400

I had seen this was a bug supposed to be fixed in Coreutils 8.3, but I
can still replicate this bug in
Coreutils 8.13

In my .bashrc file, I have this alias:

alias ls='ls -Lp --color=auto --group-directories-first'

Symlinks appear fine when the target exist, but when the symlink
becomes orphaned (such as a
symlink to a removable drive), the symlink starts with 'argetm'

I only get this problem when I use the '--dereference' option, and
when the target does not exist
when using dircolors.

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