Package: sed Severity: wishlist Hi,
if sed is used to in-place edit a *symlink* it is replacing the symlink with a regular file. Thats probably okay (other tools like perl do it the same way) but it could cause some problems. For example if people who are not aware of that fact use it to edit files in /etc/apache2/conf.d or so. Example: p...@lisa /tmp % ln -s x y p...@lisa /tmp % ls -ltr y lrwxrwxrwx 1 psc psc 1 8. Dez 10:58 y -> x p...@lisa /tmp % sed -i "abc" y p...@lisa /tmp % ls -l y -rw-rw-r-- 1 psc psc 0 8. Dez 10:59 y So I suggest adding a warning to the manpage and forwarding that upstream. Best Regards, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
