Hi, On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 01:49:23AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: reassign -1 src:linux 3.2.68-1+deb7u1 > Control: tag -1 upstream > > On Mon, 2015-06-22 at 17:10 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Package: linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 > > Version: 3.2.68-1+deb7u1 > > > > I may be tilting at windmills here, but I think > > ln -s '' foo > > should work, rather than failing with ENOENT. > > > > The fact that it didn't work inconvenienced me while I was trying to > > write a test case for some other software. I would have been happy > > for the link to be created and then be un-dereferenceable. > > > > I would, in fact, have been happy with either the traditional BSD > > behaviour (create the link, treat it as a link to "."), or the > > traditional SysV behaviour (create the link, dereferencing gives > > ENOENT). > > > > See also: > > > > https://lwn.net/Articles/551224/ > > https://lwn.net/Articles/551228/ > > > > Do you think you could try to use any good connections you have to get > > this fixed ? > > Don't hold your breath.
Given this, is if at all to be handled upstream, I think we should close this report by now. I do not see likely that it will ongoing. Regards, Salvatore
